What is palliative care
Palliative care refers to care for patients and their families who are facing a serious, life-limiting illness. Palliative care is patient-centred coordinated care that aims to relieve suffering and improve quality of life for patients and their families at all stages of the illness. Palliative care focuses on a holistic approach to treat the impact that an illness has on patients and their families and is often provided in addition to clinical care that focuses on treating the illness itself.
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The types of palliative care services that may be provided include:
- physician and nursing services to assess and manage the progression of the illness (this includes providing pain and symptom management to improve comfort and quality of life)
- personal support services (such as homemaking)
- psychological, social services, spiritual and bereavement support
- other services such as physiotherapy, caregiver support, pharmacy
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What is End-of-Life-Care?
Is care provided to patients and their families when they are approaching a period of time closer to death, which may be exemplified by an intensification of inter-disciplinary services and assessments such as anticipatory grief support, and pain and symptom management.
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