Palliative care is specialized medical care for individuals living with a serious illness. Individuals with advanced chronic illness such as heart failure, cancer, complicated diabetes, advanced COPD, chronic kidney disease may benefit greatly with palliative care. This type of care is focused on relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness while providing psychosocial, emotional, spiritual and mental wellbeing, treating patient with dignity and respect. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Specially trained team of nurses, doctors and social workers provides Palliative care and they work with other disciplines to offer extra support and comfort. It can be provided along with the curative treatment.
Our Palliative care offers:
Skilled visits
Constant monitoring and evaluations
Comfort and care focused individualized care plans
Symptom management, pain management
Continuous counseling and support
Continuous patient and family education
Care coordination and care transition to different level of care as needed.