How to Use hospice in a Sentence
hospice
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My dad has been on hospice care for several months now.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2022
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The overall mood of the show is spooky, yet lightened up by the relationships between teen hospice residents.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
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The hospice staff then put together an amazing meal near the clubhouse, and after the day was done, my father called them together.
—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2022
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Yolanda Nichelle Curry, moaned slightly that morning while lying in her living room on her hospice bed.
—Jasmin Barmore, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2022
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The show focuses on a group of teens in hospice care, all of whom like to distract themselves from their bleak reality by telling each other ghost stories.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 20 Oct. 2022
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McLaurin had been in hospice care for several days, her family wrote on her official Facebook page.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Nov. 2022
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But all of the horses at Perseverance are either elderly, have special needs, or are on hospice, and can’t travel by horse trailer.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
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Gallagher had reportedly been living in hospice for several years after suffering a string of heart attacks.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2022
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While at the center, the victim was receiving separate care through hospice health workers from St. Croix County.
—Jessica Van Egeren, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
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The young graduate only became a fully-qualified nurse two months ago, inspired to take up the profession after seeing how her grandma received good care in hospice.
—Astha Rajvanshi, Time, 14 Nov. 2022
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Gallagher had been in hospice care in California after suffering multiple heart attacks in recent years.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 11 Nov. 2022
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Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death, her son Randy told TMZ.
—Joyce Randolph, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
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One of the women killed was a hospice patient in her 80s.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 June 2024
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All proceeds from the book will go to hospice care for children.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
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News broke on Sunday that the artist was in hospice care due to liver failure.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
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Forty years on, half of all Americans die in hospice care.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2022
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Her death, in a hospice, was confirmed by her son Kevin Winsch.
—Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
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The hospice nurse called the funeral home, and Gilda’s husband stepped into the kitchen.
—Lisa Kanarek, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
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Their patients have longer stays and leave hospice alive at higher rates.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 19 Dec. 2022
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Martin is in hospice care with a life expectancy of less than six months.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
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His health had taken such a turn for the worst that doctors considered putting him in a hospice.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 19 Dec. 2022
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Stacy died April 30 in hospice care in Southampton, New York.
—Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
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His death, in hospice care, was not widely reported at the time.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 25 May 2024
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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
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Rodriguez confirmed that one of the women killed was a hospice patient in her 80s.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 June 2024
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No cause of death was shared, but Harwell had been receiving hospice care over the weekend.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
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Ivan Millman, 77, died Aug. 8 in hospice care, nearly two weeks aft ...
—Henri Hollis, ajc, 18 Aug. 2023
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Dealing with a loved one in hospice care is a situation that no one would choose.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
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Julie and Rachel had both worked in hospice care, as had many others in their congregations.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
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In the prequel film, which earned the horror franchise’s biggest opening weekend yet with $53 million, Nyong’o stars as a terminally ill cancer patient who is in hospice care when the movie begins.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 July 2024
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