Patients in their final weeks or months of life can turn to hospice care to manage their transition. But until then, patients have another option to help them live with serious illnesses. KERA’s Sam ...

NP-delivered, home-based prepalliative care improves end-of-life planning and decreases hospital and emergency department visits. Early outpatient discussions about palliative care (PC) were ...

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious ...

Palliative Care is the medical specialty focused on relief of the pain, stress and other debilitating symptoms of serious illness. Palliative care is not dependent on prognosis and can be delivered at ...

Palliative care and hospice are two types of care offered to people with serious medical illnesses. Provided to anyone, at any stage, who is continuing curative treatments and would like support ...

Palliative and hospice care both focus on supporting patients and improving quality of life. Palliative care can start at diagnosis, while hospice care supports patients nearing the end of life.

Common symptoms that palliative care teams see in patients with metastatic breast cancer include pain, menopausal symptoms, ...

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Efforts to improve palliative care are growing as both providers and payers struggle to control costs and provide quality end-of-life care. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation report found roughly 25% ...

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