There is often some confusion about the difference between Hospice care and Palliative care. Hospice care focuses on the support of those suffering from a life-limiting illness, that is in the terminal stage (prognosis of 6 months or less) when treatment options have been declined or are no longer effective and a comfort-oriented approach is appropriate. Palliative care is support of those suffering from a serious, life-limiting illness, when treatment is being considered or provided to lessen the effects of a disease, with the expectation that treatment will unlikely result in a cure, but prove to delay disease progression or provide symptom relief.