PALLIATIVE CARE
IN THE COURSE OF ILLNESS THERE ARE "GOOD DAYS" AND "BAD DAYS."
DAYS WHEN YOU CAN ALMOST FORGET YOU'RE SICK, AND DAYS YOU FEAR YOU'LL NEVER FEEL WELL AGAIN. PALLIATIVE MEDICINE SPECIALIZES IN GIVING YOU MORE GOOD DAYS.
With a focus on caring for people of all ages who have chronic or serious illness, palliative care serves to:
- Relieve pain
- Manage out-of-control symptoms
- Improve the overall quality of life for patients and their families.
The Agape Palliative Team includes a physician, nurse practitioner and social worker. Our medical specialists are expert at relieving pain and other distressing symptoms – and staying on top of them as conditions change. Social workers provide needed practical and emotional support to patients and their families as they navigate the course of illness. The team works with a patient’s existing physicians, including specialists, adding a layer of care.
Studies have shown that those receiving early palliative care not only have improved quality of life, but less depression and in some cases, longer overall life expectancy.
If you or someone you love is living with serious chronic illness or condition, please don’t hesitate to call.
The first time I spoke to my social worker, I had no clue what we were going to talk about. We talked for two hours about where I was with my disease and lack of control vs. where I was before: working, managing people, running my family. It helped quite a lot.
PALLIATIVE PATIENT
More Good Days
For questions, referrals, or to set up a consultation with our Palliative Goals of Care Team, call 720-482-1988.
If a person is in pain, nothing else can really be accomplished. That is, they can't interact effectively with their families. They can't accomplish important goals to them. Very often they can't even get out of bed in the morning, because the pain is draining all their strength and energy.
DR. DIANE MEIR
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER TO ADVANCE PALLIATIVE CARE
Oncologists treat cancer, cardiologists the heart. But what happens to
the rest of you? Palliative care can
be the facilitator for all to work together for the common good of the
whole person…
WIFE OF PALLIATIVE PATIENT
Call Us: (720) 482-1988