Helping hand in the final journey… Each year, an estimated 40 million people are in need of palliative care; 78% of them people live in low- and middle-income countries. Worldwide, only about 14% of people who need palliative care currently receive it.
Hospice care is a special kind of care that focuses on the quality of life for people and their caregivers who are experiencing an advanced, life-limiting illness of a terminally ill patient's pain and symptoms. Hospice care provides compassionate care for people in the last phases of incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible. In the journey it addresses emotional and spiritual needs of people at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering.