NYS Caregiver Guide 2021

NYS CAREGIVER GUIDE Palliative Care and Hospice Care: What’s the Difference? Palliative care provides treatment meant to help someone with a serious or chronic illness feel better physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This type of care helps control symptoms and may include pain relief, counseling, and treatment for sleep problems. This is provided while the medical team also treats the illness. Palliative care can be provided at any time during a serious illness and can be provided in any setting. Hospice care is a type of palliative care for people who are near the end of life. The goal of hospice care is to help provide comfort and prepare the patient and their family for the end of life. In most cases, hospice care is used when the doctor believes the patient has between six months to a year to live. Hospice care can be given in the home; in a hospice residence; or in a facility, such as a hospital or nursing home. Hospice care is provided through a team-based approach with doctors, nurses, social workers, and other dedicated health professionals. 42

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