In the face of the increasing global trend of aging, hospice care has become a project that cannot be ignored in the public health field. There are many homogeneous designs with the connotation of hospice service, but clear theoretical and design principles are still vacant. This article introduces the concept of hospice service design and the development status of the current era. Focusing on the difficulties occur in research and practice process, making a brief outlook on the future development of hospice service design.