HOSPICE: SUPPORT CENTER FOR PALLIATIVE CARE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.216282205055

• Palavras-chave: Cancer; Palliative care; hospices; Humanized Architecture.

• Keywords: Cancer; Palliative care; hospices; Humanized Architecture.

• Abstract:

  Cancer is responsible for 12 million deaths in Brazil. Still, it is one of the main pathologies for which palliative care is indicated, directed even to patients who are in the terminal stage of the disease, care is offered in hospices, in which it aims to prioritize the best quality of life, focusing on the patient and not on the disease. The general objective of the article is to study architectural solutions for support centers in palliative care that offer better comfort for terminally ill patients. The methodology used in this work was qualitative and exploratory. In the main results, it was understood that a better quality of life is essential for people who are unmotivated and with low life expectancies, and that support centers with specialization in the area and integrated with humanized architecture significantly provide well-being. for the patient and his family. It is concluded that hospice is very important for patients who are in a state of fragility, uncertainty and the quality environment allows reception in a difficult time.

• Número de páginas: 15