A hospice differs from a hospital as it only offers palliative care. Palliative care is designed to help reduce the severity of the symptoms of a disease or illness rather than halting or finding a cure for the ailment. The aim of a hospice is to relieve the suffering and increase the quality of life for those who are terminally ill or those who have an ongoing illness that has no cure. If you are a hospice patient, family member of a patient, care giver, bereaved other or hospice staff member and you would like to learn about an organization that has been designed to support your needs, then you might like to take a look at the web site www.hospicepatients.org. This web site is the home of the Hospice Patients Alliance who consumer advocates for all those involved in the hospice industry. There web site is well designed and tells its visitors more about how they support the needs of there clients.