Hospice in Maine is an underutilized benefit for patients and their families who are facing a life limiting illness. Maine hospices provide a special kind of care that supports patients and their families.

Clinical and spiritual staff come together with volunteers to provide pain management and improved quality of life in a patients last days or months. Support is available to a patients family after their death and throughout the dying process.

Hospice care can actually be provided in many different settings: in a private home, nursing home, hospital, or at a hospice home.