PROJECT: HOSPICE

(A HOME PROVIDING CARE FOR THE SICK OR TERMINALLY ILL. )

INTRODUCTION:
HOSPICE IS A PHILOSOPHY OF CARE. IT TREATS THE PERSON RATHER THAN THE
DISEASE AND FOCUSES ON QUALITY OF LIFE. IT SURROUNDS THE PATIENT AND
FAMILY WITH A TEAM CONSISTING OF PROFESSIONALS WHO NOT ONLY
ADDRESS PHYSICAL DISTRESS, BUT EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL ISSUES AS
WELL. HOSPICE CARE IS PATIENT-CENTERED BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THE
PATIENT AND FAMILY DRIVE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOSPICE TEAM.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT HOSPICE IS NOT – HOSPICE IS

NOT HASTENING DEATH. INSTEAD, AT CROSSROADS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE
CARE, IT IS ABOUT CELEBRATING WHAT TIME THE PATIENT HAS LEFT, AND
MAKING THEM AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.

PROJECT NEED:
- ENROLLING IN HOSPICE CARE EARLY HELPS YOU LIVE BETTER AND LIVE
LONGER. SOME HOSPICE PATIENTS EXPERIENCE AN IMPROVEMENT IN
THEIR HEALTH, OFTEN A RESULT OF THE SOLICITOUS CARE AND BENEFITS
OF HOSPICE CARE.

- BUT EVEN WHEN THE DISEASE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS AS EXPECTED,

STUDIES SHOW THAT TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE HOSPICE
CARE CAN LIVE LONGER THAN SIMILAR PATIENTS WHO DON’T RECEIVE
HOSPICE.

- MOREOVER, HOSPICE CARE DECREASES THE BURDEN ON FAMILY,

DECREASES THE FAMILY'S LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING A COMPLICATED
GRIEF AND PREPARES FAMILY MEMBERS FOR THEIR LOVED ONE'S DEATH.
- HOSPICE ALSO ALLOWS A PATIENT TO BE CARED FOR AT A FACILITY FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME, NOT BECAUSE THE PATIENT NEEDS IT, BUT BECAUSE
SOMETIMES THE FAMILY CAREGIVER NEEDS A BREAK. THIS IS KNOWN AS
RESPITE CARE.

AIM:

MINIMIZING PAIN
TREATING SYMPTOMS
KEEPING PATIENTS MOBILE
INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE AND SELF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
HEALTH TREATMENT
RELIEF FOR CAREGIVERS

OBJECTIVES:
CASE STUDY:
1. BENZIGER HOSPICE HOME -THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA
2. KARUNASHARYA HOSPICE - BANGLORE , INDIA
3.  ALLFORD HALL MONAGHAN MORRIS – LONDON , UK

EXPECETED OUTCOME:
TO EXPLORE NEW AND INNOVATIVE LANDSCAPE IDEAS WHICH CAN
BENEFIT AND COMPLIMENT THE BUILDING DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS: