Hospice offers comprehensive support to terminally ill patients and their families. In addition to providing pain and symptom management for the patient, hospice provides comfort and reassurance to families during this uncertain life transition. Hospice provides comfort care and brings quality of life during the final days of a person's life while supporting families through this difficult time. Some of the additional specialized services provided include spiritual care, nutritional education and bereavement services. You should consider hospice care when there is a life expectancy of six months or less and you or your loved one have decided to forgo seeking curative measures. Cottage in the Meadow: a part of hospice care available to hospice patients. This home-like environment assists patients who need more intensive care for symptom management or for those needing respite care.