Hospice care is provided by an inter-disciplinary team led by a board-certified physician to patients with a terminal illness and focuses on palliation of symptoms as opposed to a curative approach. At Ultimate Caring we work closely with not just the patients, but their loved ones to create goals that focus on how to best enhance the quality of life at the end of life. Our team’s priority is to meet the patient’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs and actively involve the family in the decision making. While hospice may still be deemed societally as a scary word many of our families will attest to the fact that it truly felt like a gift to have the support of professionals through such a difficult time.