Palliative care and hospice
Palliative care is a holistic approach for patients, this means attending to the challenges that illness poses in every aspect of life. It also means that palliative care extends to family members and caregivers. Support services may include:
- Assistant to alleviate the symptoms, including side effects of treatment
- Improving understanding of illness and its progression
- Assistance to identify and address spiritual needs.
- Helping to cope with feelings and changes related to illness
- Assisting in understanding treatment options, making treatment decisions, and coordinating care
- Identifying and accessing additional resources to provide support
- Palliative care improves the quality of life, reduces pain, manages distressful symptoms, and maintains dignity of the ailing person.