During a short-term stay, veterans receive services such as respite care, rehabilitation, hospice, skilled nursing, and maintenance care for those waiting for placement in the community.

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Although the term "caregiver syndrome" is widely used among allied health professionals such as hospice workers and nursing home assistants, the syndrome is not yet recognized in American medical literature.

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Jersey Hospice Care provides palliative nursing care to islanders with cancer and motor neurone disease, with the majority of its patients - usually about 80 - being cared for at home.

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In surveys, the majority of people say they would prefer to die in their own home while receiving hospice care than in a nursing home or hospital.

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The General Hospital, Family Nursing and the Jersey Hospice have donated out-of-date equipment.

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The Netherlands has hospice units of two to four beds in nursing homes rather than hospitals.

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Their letter says the new treatment pattern of palliative care, based on experience at a Liverpool hospice is being rolled out into hospitals and nursing homes.

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It also said there were problems discharging patients to other hospitals, the community or nursing homes and said palliative care services were still limited, despite the opening of St Giles Hospice in 2011.

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