Palliative Care: Relief—Comfort—Answers
When you are diagnosed with a serious illness, you may not know where to turn. In addition to already-troubling symptoms, you may feel overwhelmed or hopeless. Palliative Care will help you manage your condition at home, while providing all the information you need to make the right decisions about your health care.
A Time to Talk
Palliative Care seeks to comfort the whole person, not just an illness. Care begins with an initial consultation from the Burke Hospice and Palliative Care doctor or nurse practitioner (NP). During the visit….
The Focus of Palliative Care
Palliative care focuses on the patient's symptoms - symptoms like pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping and depression. The goal of our palliative care program is to help the patient gain the strength to carry on with daily life and improve the ability to tolerate medical treatments. Palliative Care is available at any point during your illness. Medicare and Medicaid both provide for Palliative Care services, as well as some private insurance plans. If you do not have coverage, Burke Hospice and Palliative Care offers a flexible billing policy. No one has been turned away from our program due to an inability to pay.
If Palliative Care sounds right for you, call Burke Hospice and Palliative Care today at 828-879-1601. Your doctor or nurse may also call us to arrange a consultation.
When you are diagnosed with a serious illness, you may not know where to turn. In addition to already-troubling symptoms, you may feel overwhelmed or hopeless. Palliative Care will help you manage your condition at home, while providing all the information you need to make the right decisions about your health care.
A Time to Talk
Palliative Care seeks to comfort the whole person, not just an illness. Care begins with an initial consultation from the Burke Hospice and Palliative Care doctor or nurse practitioner (NP). During the visit….
- The physician or nurse practitioner will visit your home, often for an hour or more
- He or she will recommend ways to relieve your physical symptoms
- The palliative care physician or NP will then confer with your doctor on the best approach to easing your symptoms
The Focus of Palliative Care
Palliative care focuses on the patient's symptoms - symptoms like pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, difficulty sleeping and depression. The goal of our palliative care program is to help the patient gain the strength to carry on with daily life and improve the ability to tolerate medical treatments. Palliative Care is available at any point during your illness. Medicare and Medicaid both provide for Palliative Care services, as well as some private insurance plans. If you do not have coverage, Burke Hospice and Palliative Care offers a flexible billing policy. No one has been turned away from our program due to an inability to pay.
If Palliative Care sounds right for you, call Burke Hospice and Palliative Care today at 828-879-1601. Your doctor or nurse may also call us to arrange a consultation.
