General Info

A comprehensive, medically directed, team-oriented program of care that seeks to treat and comfort terminally ill patients and their families at home or in a home-like setting, establishing pain management and symptom control as clinical goals, and understanding that psychological and spiritual pain are as significant as physical pain. Palliative cares focuses on comfort and quality of life rather than cure and prolongation of life. Palliative care is the foundation of hospice services.