The Goal of Palliative Care is to Improve the Quality of Life for Both the Patient and Their Family

What is Palliative Care?

  • Specialized medical care that provides an added layer of support

  • For seriously ill patients and their families

  • Provides relief from symptoms, pain and stress.

  • Appropriate at any age and at any stage of a serious illness

  • Care delivery by an interdisciplinary team

  • Collaboration with a patient’s other providers

Home Based Palliative Care

  • Patient has a serious medical illness.

  • Eligibility is determined by need, not prognosis.

  • Patient may continue with curative or life-prolonging treatment.

  • Core services are pain and symptom management AND psychosocial and decision-making support.

  • UNLIKE HOSPICE and certified home health agencies, NO MEDICARE requirements restrict eligibility.

Target Population for Community Based Palliative Care

  • Patients with functional limitations

  • Dementia

  • Frailty

  • Serious chronic Illness(es)

  • Symptom Distress

  • Caregiver Exhaustion


    Core Palliative Care Services

  • Complex pain and symptom management

  • Complex medical decision-making support

  • Counseling

  • Advanced Care Planning

  • Caregiver Assessment and Support

  • Social assessment and support (ex. Food, housing, transportation)

  • Spiritual Care

  • Rehabilitation Therapies

  • Care Coordination and transition management

  • Medication reconciliation and management

  • Planning for end-of-life care