Hospice is a noble service which has a philosophy of providing care to those who are terminally ill and making their end of life days comfortable and less traumatic.
Such care is possible at the home of the patient, in a nursing home, hospital or even at a hospice facility.
Support services will have to be provided as per the patients needs and for this trained and qualified personnel are required.
The care provided here is not a cure for the illness but is to improve the quality of the last days of the person life.
And keep them as comfortable as possible.
To start a hospice service one would require a license, a marketing plan, and some educational programs to reach out to the care givers, a board of directors, funds, qualified and experienced staff and volunteers.
To obtain all this, quite a bit of effort would have to be put in, starting with a proper plan for the program.
Once this is in place one would have to assess the size of the hospice service which is required in the locality and the funding for it.
The proper agency would have to be contacted for the license and certain forms would have to be completed along with the fee for the license.
Documents to confirm certain information will have to be attached to the form with proper certification that the information provided is correct.
Once this is done the license for the hospice service will be given to operate it.
Outreach programs will have to be organized to increase the awareness on palliative care for terminally ill people.
Staff will have to be appointed with special skills and with a compassionate nature to deal with people during the end of their life.
A lot of volunteers may present themselves to help in this kind of community service as it will appeal to many to be of use to those who are at the end stage of their life.