Palliative Care
Holistic Support
The Clare and Jerry Rotenberg Center of Excellence for Palliative Care focuses on improving the overall quality of life of an individual facing serious illness. It may be delivered at any time during an illness while curative measures are being taken. Palliative Care relieves symptoms such as pain, shortness of breath, nausea, fatigue, loss of appetite, etc., so the patient may gain the strength to carry on with daily life.
The Palliative Care team does not take over the care of the person, but rather becomes a resource to the family and the team during this difficult time of transition.
What Is Palliative Care?
Palliative Care is an approach to care that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing life threatening illness. Palliative Care is appropriate at any age and at any stage of a serious illness and can be provided together with curative treatment.
8 Domains of Palliative Care include
- Structure and process of care
- Physical aspects of care
- Psychological and psychiatric aspects of care
- Social aspects of care
- Spiritual, religious, and existential aspects of care
- Cultural aspects of care
- Care of the patient at the end of life
- Ethical and legal aspects of care