The difference between Hospice and Home Health is a matter of what type of care that is being administered. Hospice is palliative care and Home Health is curative. Hospice care treats the symptoms only, alleviating pain and symptoms without eliminating the cause. Hospice care provides comfort measures to assure the patient's comfort and quality of life. Home Health is used at a time when an individual has experienced a critical episode requiring skilled needs such as IV care, diabetic education, physical therapy, skilled nursing, etc. The need for Home Health may come as a result of a sickness, a surgical operation, or a fall resulting in a broken bone, just to name a few instances.
While both Home Health and Hospice teams involve a similar group of working professionals, the focus of the two services is quite different.
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