What Is Palliative Care?

Palliative care is a specialty of medicine and nursing that focuses on controlling symptoms, relieving suffering, and providing support for patients with serious illnesses, including cancer. Patients can take palliative care at any stage of cancer. Patients can receive palliative care while undergoing cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. Patients who receive palliative care frequently report an improvement in quality of life. Patients who receive palliative care early in their disease course may live longer than those who do not receive palliative care or receive it late in the disease course.

A Palliative care team usually consists of physicians, nurses, and social workers, but may also include physician assistants, nutritionists, and physical and occupational therapists. They work in hospitals, outpatient clinics, and, on a few occasions’ nursing homes or patient homes.

Andromeda Hospital provides comprehensive palliative care

and compassionate support to patients with serious illnesses. Our dedicated team focuses on pain relief, symptom management, and emotional support to improve the quality of life and comfort for patients and their families.

Who Should Receive Palliative Care and When?

Palliative care could be right for you if:

 ·       You have advanced cancer,

 ·       You have difficult-to-treat pain or other symptoms.

 ·       Do you or your family require additional assistance coping with the diagnosis, or

 ·       You or your family require assistance in deciding whether to pursue additional treatments.

 Patients and oncologists collaborate to create treatment plans. Cancer Specialists are trained to treat common symptoms like pain and nausea, as well as provide emotional support. Sometimes the disease burden is high, necessitating more time and skill than an oncologist can offer. Palliative care specialists can intervene and use their expertise to alleviate distressing symptoms and provide emotional support.

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