Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide hospice care in the United States. The company’s hospice services focus on palliative care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, which is care directed at managing pain and other discomforting symptoms, and addressing the psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients and their families. It provides medical, psychosocial care, and other support services related to the patient’s terminal illness. The company offers nursing care, medical social services, physician services, general inpatient care, medical supplies and equipment, drugs for pain control and symptom management, home health aide services, homemaker services, and family bereavement counseling. It also offers patient counseling; therapies, including physical, occupational, and speech; and respite inpatient care. Odyssey Healthcare was founded in 1995 and is based in Dallas, Texas.