Palliative Home Care

Who Can Benefit

Palliative care is appropriate for anyone with a chronic, life-limiting, or life-threatening illness who is experiencing uncontrolled symptoms caused by the illness itself or as a side-effect from current treatment. This type of care is particularly well-suited to patients with conditions that have complex symptom management needs, such as those with Alzheimer’s, CHF, COPD, cancer, or renal failure.

In addition, palliative care can be provided along with home health services and aggressive treatment plans regardless of the patient’s diagnosis, prognosis, or age.

Palliative Care ensures the development of a plan of care based on the comprehensive evaluation/re-evaluation of the patient’s and family’s needs and identifies interventions that address:

• Pain and symptom management associated with a serious illness
• The psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient and family
• Communication and collaboration with community resources to optimize patient comfort and dignity