What is Setting of care - Meaning and definition

Published by Roberto Wenk. Reviewed by Alison Ramsey. Last updated date: February 19, 2019.

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.

To cite

Setting of care. IAHPC Pallipedia. https://pallipedia.org/setting-of-care/. Accessed