Palliative care
” THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER ARE TO STAY SAFE AND MAINTAINING DIGNITY”.
Multidisciplinary Team includes
• Doctors
• Nurses
• Therapist
• Trained Volunteers
• Case Manager
Palliative Care Services Includes:
• Physical, Emotional, Psychosocial, and Spiritual Care
• Grief and bereavement support
• Home care, inpatient care and consultative services
Palliative care:
• Holistic Care
• Pain and Symptom Control
• Improvement of Quality of Life
• Meet emotional, social and spiritual needs
Where can one receive palliative care?
- At patient’s home
- At specialist clinics
- In General and community hospitals
Who benefits from Palliative Care?
All patients with life threatening illness such as
• Advanced Cancer
• End-stage kidney, heart, lung, liver and neurological diseases