Anyone familiar with palliative care during chronic illnessess?

deepar, let first congrajulate you for having such a wonderfull idea. i dont know much about your academic qualification.so let me give you few suuggestions that might help you. 1.Get to know ab...

In a perfect world, yes I would hope so, I think that given enough pain control that keeps you awake and comfortable most people would prefer to live!

That is the standard of care. There are not exceptions to the standard of care. It is up to the family (if POA) and the patient to make exceptions at the end of life.

Stopping the Decadron will increase the amount of swelling in the brain. She may become more confused and agitated if she does this. These symptoms can be reduced though with lots of pain meds and ...

You can not do anything. Tobacco is addictive. Very addictive. It doesn't kill 400,000 people a year because it is easy to quit. When someone has an incurable and/or fatal disease they...

The best place to start is by contacting NHPCO - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - on the web. You will need to familarize yourself with Hospice care, and they're the place ...

Those are questions you will want to ask her new doctors. At the facility my dad is at, they do not give treatment. They are basically a place that sits their and watches you. Like a day care of ad...

The hospital will have a "discharge planner", usually a nurse or social worker who can guide you through the system. Medicare will pay for nursing care for dressing changes, injectable me...