Palliative Care

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.

Palliative care is provided by a specially-trained team of doctors, nurses and other specialists who work together with a patient’s other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness, and it can be provided along with curative treatment.

Improves Quality of Life

Palliative care teams specialize in treating people suffering from the symptoms and stress of serious illnesses such as cancer, congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and many more. This type of care treats pain, depression, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping, anxiety and any other symptoms that may be causing distress.

The team will help you gain the strength to carry on with daily life. In short, palliative care will help improve your quality of life.

Close Communication

The palliative care team will also spend time talking to you and listening. They will make sure you understand all of your treatment options and choices. By deeply exploring your personal goals, the palliative care team will help you match those goals to your treatment options. They will also make sure that all of  your doctors are coordinated and know and understand what you want. This gives you more control over your care and will improve your quality of life.

A Partnership of Palliative Care Team, Patient and Family

Palliative care teams are specialists who work together with you, your family and your other doctors. They provide an extra layer of support when you need it most. In addition to treating your symptoms and stress and supporting you and your family, the palliative care team coordinates and communicates with all of your doctors so that everyone is on the same page. They support you every step of the way.

Disease Types and Palliative Care:

The goal of palliative care is to improve quality of life. Palliative care specialists treat people living with many disease types and chronic illnesses. These include cancer, cardiac disease such as congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and many more.

Palliative care focuses on the symptoms and stress of the disease and the treatment. It treats a wide range of issues that can include pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue, shortness of breath, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite and difficulty sleeping.

Palliative care teams improve your quality of life. They do this by helping you tolerate medical treatments, helping you match your goals to your treatment choices, supporting your family caregivers and more.

Palliative care avaliable for

  • ALS
  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Breast Cancer
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Colon Cancer
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Dementia
  • Eosinophil Associated Disease (EAD)
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Huntington’s Disease
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma
  • Liver disease
  • Lung Cancer
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • Stroke
  • Kidney Disease