
Hospice and Palliative Care
Comfort-focused care and support for individuals and families facing a serious or life-limiting illness, helping them navigate their health care journey with dignity and peace.

Compassionate Support for Patients and Families
When you or a loved one is facing an advanced or terminal illness, compassionate, specialized support can make all the difference. Our hospice and palliative care programs are designed to provide comfort, uphold dignity and address each person’s unique needs, while offering guidance and support for their loved ones.
You can count on our experienced team to provide:
- Enhanced Quality of Life
- Emotional and Spiritual Support
- Customized Plans of Care to Meet Your Needs
- Family-Centered Approach
- Pain and Symptom Relief, Whenever Possible
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care is here for you and your family, providing care that honors your wishes, respects your experiences, and ensures you’re not alone on this journey.
MJHS Palliative Care

Provided Alongside Curative Treatment
Available at any stage of your chronic or serious illness. You can receive palliative care even while continuing to seek a cure for your condition.
Symptom Management
Focuses on alleviating distressing symptoms and pain associated with a serious or chronic illness, enhancing quality of life and supporting physical and emotional well-being.
Care Coordination and Management
Our palliative care team collaborates closely with your primary care physician and treating specialists to help ensure seamless, personalized care.
Advance Care Planning
We will support you in making and documenting decisions about your future treatment preferences, in the event you cannot speak for yourself.
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Focuses on Comfort
Provided when you or your loved one has an advanced illness with a prognosis of six months or less, and has chosen to stop curative treatment. Our care focuses on comfort, dignity, and symptom management.
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We provide culturally sensitive care by honoring and respecting each patient’s faith-based traditions, religious beliefs and values.
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As pioneers in pediatric hospice and early advocates for concurrent care, we remain committed to offering children in New York the benefits of our specialized hospice care, while they continue to receive curative treatment.
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Available to guide and support families when making complex medical decisions, if their loved one does not have an advance directive or cannot articulate their wishes–ensuring that care aligns with eithical principals, individuals values, and organizational standards.
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We offer compassionate guidance and resources to help you, your family, and friends navigate the grieving process—while your loved one is still here and for thritheen months after they pass.
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Discover supportive resources to help patients and families navigate their chronic or life-limiting illnesses. These informational resources provide comfort, connection, and peace of mind when it’s needed most.

A Guide to Hospice Care
Hospice care, also referred to as comfort care, is a specialized level of support designed for you or your loved one if you have an advanced illness, a prognosis of six months or less and have chosen to stop curative treatments.
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A Guide to Palliative Care
Palliative care is specialized medical care designed to help patients manage the symptoms and challenges associated with a serious illness.
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The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care
We want the best for our loved ones. This is why knowing the difference between palliative and hospice care and understanding which meets your loved one’s preferences is useful. While there are many misconceptions, neither palliative nor hospice care necessarily prolongs life, nor do they hasten death. So, what is the difference between the two?
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