The goal of Palliative Care is to improve quality of life for 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