A nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with advanced COPD who is currently receiving curative treatments but is experiencing increasing symptom burden. The patient and family are considering enrollment in either hospice or palliative care. Which statement best differentiates palliative care from hospice care in this scenario?

Hospice care provides unrestricted time frames for service delivery and focuses on aggressive disease management.

Palliative care can be provided alongside curative treatments and does not have a strict life expectancy requirement.

Palliative care is only appropriate when curative treatments have been stopped and the patient is imminently dying.

Hospice care requires that the patient has a life expectancy of six months or less and focuses solely on comfort care without curative treatment.