How to Use hospice in a Sentence

hospice

noun
  • She chose to go to a hospice instead of a hospital.
  • Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death, her son Randy told TMZ.
    Joyce Randolph, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
  • All proceeds from the book will go to hospice care for children.
    James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • News broke on Sunday that the artist was in hospice care due to liver failure.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Forty years on, half of all Americans die in hospice care.
    Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Her death, in a hospice, was confirmed by her son Kevin Winsch.
    Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The hospice nurse called the funeral home, and Gilda’s husband stepped into the kitchen.
    Lisa Kanarek, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Their patients have longer stays and leave hospice alive at higher rates.
    Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Martin is in hospice care with a life expectancy of less than six months.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • His health had taken such a turn for the worst that doctors considered putting him in a hospice.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Stacy died April 30 in hospice care in Southampton, New York.
    Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death and died of natural causes, her son, Randy, told TMZ.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
  • No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care over the weekend.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Ivan Millman, 77, died Aug. 8 in hospice care, nearly two weeks aft ...
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Dealing with a loved one in hospice care is a situation that no one would choose.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Goodman died from bone cancer while in hospice care in Kent, England on April 22.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The 13-year-old became famous in Britain and around the world for camping out in his garden to raise money for a local hospice.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Even a longtime fan in hospice care in Saginaw, about 100 miles north of Detroit, now has blue hair.
    USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The 56-year-old is currently resting at home and being cared for by his fiancé and hospice care.
    Vulture, 3 Sep. 2023
  • By early April, nine days before her death, Koch was home in bed under hospice care.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Reputable hospice providers are a great resource for almost all of this, so ask your mom’s doctor.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care in recent days.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Jimmy Carter has been in hospice care at home since February.
    Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Bonazzoli, a writer and hospice volunteer, just happened to pick up the giveaway tabloid and notice the plea.
    oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Her death, in hospice care, was caused by ovarian cancer, said Sherry Long, a close friend.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Her death, at a hospice facility, was confirmed by Sam Rudy, a friend.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Caulk, who works as a hospice nurse and lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Louisville with her daughter, pays roughly $175 for her electric bill each month.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 6 June 2023
  • The first American hospice opened in Connecticut, in 1974.
    Ava Kofman, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Home health and hospice chain Amedisys has chosen a new corporate owner.
    Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 26 June 2023
  • In 2017, Vancouver Island used to have a Catholic hospital and four hospice beds.
    Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023

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