Palliative Care
Palliative Care
palliative care is for patients at any age, at any stage and in any illness (curable, chronic or life threatening). Actually, palliative care may help patients recover from their illness by relieving symptoms such as pain or anxiety, as they undergo sometimes difficult medical treatments or procedures.
Palliative care is an extra layer of relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness. It focuses on improve quality of life for patients and their families. Palliative Care helps people with a serious illness feel better: physically, emotionally and spiritually. It focuses on improving quality of life at any stage of illness. Patients can continue curative treatments and may move in and out of palliative care as the need arises.
Palliative care provides the following:
✓ Manage pain and complex symptoms
✓ Help with fatigue and sleep problems
✓ Manage nausea, loss of appetite and other symptoms
✓ Reduce anxiety and depression
✓ Reduce the side effects of medications or treatments
✓ Advance care planning
✓ Ensure care aligns with patient values
✓ Provide spiritual care and medical social services