The location where care is provided.
Settings for hospice palliative care may include the patient’s home, an acute, chronic, or long-term care facility, a nursing home/skilled
nursing facility, a hospice or palliative care unit or freestanding facility, a jail or prison, the street, etc.

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care. Appendices: Lexicon of Commonly Used Terms. Accessed on June 21, 2009.