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Palliative Care at Angel's Smile Hospice
At Angel’s Smile Hospice, we offer our patients specialized care designed to improve the quality of life for patients and their families facing serious illnesses. Our palliative care services provide relief from symptoms causing the patient stress and provide a compassionate support system tailored to meet your needs
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What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is specialized care provided for people living with severe diseases. It focuses
on relieving serious illness symptoms and stress to enhance the quality of life for the patient
and their family. Unlike other medical treatments, palliative care meets patient needs, not
prognosis. Hence, it is appropriate at any age or stage of a severe illness and may even be
included in combination with the attempt to cure, thus ensuring comprehensive care and support.
Our Approach to Palliative Care
trained doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.collaborating with a
patient’s existing medical team. This integration approach ensures that
patients receive extra support to individual needs, tailored to their specific
needs, enabling them to manage their symptoms effectively and maintain
their dignity and comfort.
Improving the Quality of Life
Palliative care at Angel’s Smile Hospice focuses on enhancing the quality of
life for patients by addressing both physical and emotional symptoms.
We assist patients with
- Pain
- Depression and Anxiety
- Fatigue
- Constipation
- Nausea
- Loss of Appetite
- Difficulty Sleeping.
- Shortness of Breath
their daily activities and improve their overall well-being. Researches indicates
that patients receiving palliative care often have improved quality of life and, in
some cases, extended survival.
Personalized Care to Meet Your Goals
Our palliative care team takes the time to understand your treatment
preferences and align them with your personal goals. This personalized
approach ensures that all healthcare providers involved in your care are
aware of and respect your wishes, giving you greater control over
your treatment plan.
Collaborative Care with Your Healthcare Team
providing additional support when needed. We communicate with all
members of your healthcare team to ensure a coordinated approach to your
care, supporting you and your family every step of the way.
Comprehensive Support for a Range of Conditions
serious illnesses, including but not limited to:
Alzheimer’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Kidney Disease
Cancer
Heart Disease (such as Congestive Heart Failure)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Learn More About How Palliative Care Helps
Cancer and Palliative Care
Symptoms of cancer may be pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anxiety, depression, constipation, diarrhea, confusion, or shortness of breath. Palliative care teams specialize in relieving these symptoms and stress, providing support alongside your oncologist. They also help manage complex medical information and treatment decisions, enhancing your quality of life and potentially extending it, as studies have shown.
Heart Failure and Palliative Care
Palliative care teams manage heart failure symptoms through medications and techniques like lymphatic drainage, breathing exercises, and relaxation methods. They also provide emotional support, navigate the healthcare system, and help with advance care planning, ensuring patients and their families achieve the best possible quality of life.
Palliative Care and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Symptoms and treatment: Palliative care teams manage COPD symptoms with medications, talk therapy, massage, and relaxation techniques. They also offer education on lifestyle changes and coordinate care with pulmonologists and other specialists, improving the quality of a patient’s life.
Kidney Disease, Kidney Failure, and Palliative Care
Palliative care teams helps manage symptoms caused by kidney disease and its treatments.They assist with treatment decisions, symptom management, and provide support for both the patient and their family. The team works closely with nephrologists to ensure comprehensive care.
ALS and Palliative Care
The palliative care team manages symptoms and stress and provides advanced care planning to patients and families. They help relieve symptoms, communicate, and coordinate care to improve the quality of life for the patients.
Bone Marrow Transplant and Palliative Care
Bone marrow transplants treat blood diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma, or multiple myeloma by replacing damaged bone marrow with healthy cells.
Palliative care teams assist with complex treatment decisions before, during, and after a transplant for patients and families
Alzheimer’s Disease and Palliative Care
Palliative care teams help manage Alzheimer’s symptoms like depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. They educate the patients about daily routines, physical therapy, and memory exercises. The members help the families prepare and manage future needs and coping with the emotional burden..
Palliative Care for Parkinson's Disease
Palliative care teams manage symptoms like tremors, muscle stiffness, sleep disturbances, and cognitive decline. They also support day-to-day activities, treatment decision-making, and advance care planning to maintain patients’ quality of life.
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