What is Palliative Care?
It's a question we hear often, and you may have wondered yourself. The simplest answer: it's about comfort. So you may not be surprised to hear that Angela Hospice has been piloting a Palliative Care program to expand comfort care to more individuals. The program has been officially greenlighted to expand its capacity.
"The idea of Palliative Care is to provide symptom management, the skill that hospice has, to a patient population beyond the last six months of life," said Chief Medical Officer for Angela Hospice, Dr. James Boal. "There may be people who are not hospice eligible according to Medicare/Medicaid guidelines, but still want a community-based approach — or there may be people who are perfectly eligible for hospice, but they're a little too nervous to sign up for it yet."
Palliative Care also offers a way to provide continued support for Angela Hospice patients who must be discharged from hospice care if their condition has improved to the extent that they no longer qualify as hospice eligible.
Palliative Care is not meant to replace emergency care or a patient's primary physician, but is designed to enhance quality of life for patients with advanced illnesses. Through home visits, Angela's physicians and nurse practitioners provide coordinated care planning and symptom management for patients decreasing the need for disruptive office visits or hospital stays.
"Palliative Care is an important piece of the care continuum — especially for people with serious or chronic illnesses," said Marti Coplai, Angela Hospice President and CEO. "Our Palliative Care program is one more way we can serve members of our community, bringing peace and comfort to those with pain and symptoms, to improve quality of life."
"The idea of Palliative Care is to provide symptom management, the skill that hospice has, to a patient population beyond the last six months of life," said Chief Medical Officer for Angela Hospice, Dr. James Boal. "There may be people who are not hospice eligible according to Medicare/Medicaid guidelines, but still want a community-based approach — or there may be people who are perfectly eligible for hospice, but they're a little too nervous to sign up for it yet."
Palliative Care also offers a way to provide continued support for Angela Hospice patients who must be discharged from hospice care if their condition has improved to the extent that they no longer qualify as hospice eligible.
Palliative Care is not meant to replace emergency care or a patient's primary physician, but is designed to enhance quality of life for patients with advanced illnesses. Through home visits, Angela's physicians and nurse practitioners provide coordinated care planning and symptom management for patients decreasing the need for disruptive office visits or hospital stays.
"Palliative Care is an important piece of the care continuum — especially for people with serious or chronic illnesses," said Marti Coplai, Angela Hospice President and CEO. "Our Palliative Care program is one more way we can serve members of our community, bringing peace and comfort to those with pain and symptoms, to improve quality of life."
Palliative Care is available to patients in Angela Hospice's primary service area.
To inquire about services, call 866.464.7810.
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