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Hospice and palliative care give comfort when you have serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease or kidney failure. Palliative care can be given at any point of an illness, and hospice focuses on end-of-life care.
Palliative care starts at any point during a serious illness. It may be offered by hospitals and other long-term care centers, or a doctor may give you names of nearby specialists. Palliative care can help with four areas:
Hospice care usually begins when you or a loved one is expected to live six months or less because of a serious illness. Treatment is stopped, and a group of caregivers (sometimes called a hospice care team) makes sure you are as comfortable as possible.
Hospice care teams may include caregivers, doctors, nurses, social workers, clergy, home health aides, therapists and volunteers. Along with physical comfort, hospice care teams provide:
Additional Resources:
Eldercare Locator: eldercare.acl.gov
U.S. National Library of Medicine: nlm.nih.gov
American Academy of Family Physicians: familydoctor.org
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