Palliative care is a holistic approach that treats a person with serious illness. It involves a range of care providers including the person's unpaid caregivers.
If you have a serious illness, palliative care can:
This approach to care can involve: management of symptoms, emotional, psychological, social, grief, caregiver and spiritual support.
These services aim to make you and your caregivers feel as comfortable as possible, even while going through treatments intended to cure your illness.
They can include personalized treatment plans that meet your needs and the needs of those who are caring for you.
Palliative care can be provided in a variety of settings, such as:
The care can be provided by health care professionals, volunteers, social workers, caregivers and other members of the community.
Primary health care providers can help provide palliative care for people with serious illness that: helps improve their quality of life and aligns with their values and wishes.
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