hospice

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute, especially one maintained by a monastic order.
• noun A program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A house of entertainment and refuge for strangers; especially, such an establishment kept by monks on some passes in the Alps to give shelter and aid to travelers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps. Bernard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun uncountable The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
• noun countable A specialized facility or organization offering palliative care for the terminally ill.
• noun countable, dated A lodging for pilgrims or the destitute, normally provided by a monastic order.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a lodging for travelers (especially one kept by a monastic order)
• noun a program of medical and emotional care for the terminally ill