You shouldn't have to choose between
fighting and feeling better.
Palliative care eases pain, symptoms, and stress for people living with a serious illness, while they continue the treatment they choose. It brings extra support home, so you spend less time in the hospital and more time living.
Toll free: 888-517-8100
Keep your treatment. Add a team focused on how you feel.
No treatment is taken off the table, including aggressive options. Our focus is your comfort and quality of life while you pursue them.
- Relief from pain, fatigue, nausea, and shortness of breath
- Help managing side effects from treatment
- Fewer emergencies and hospital stays
- Coordination with your primary doctor and specialists
- Emotional and spiritual support for you and your family
- 24/7 access to our care team
Palliative care is often a fit for people living with
Heart failure
Advanced cancer
COPD and lung disease
Dementia
And other serious or chronic conditions that are affecting daily life.
Palliative care and hospice, side by side
Not sure which is right? That's what our first conversation is for.
| Palliative care | Hospice care | |
|---|---|---|
| When it starts | At any stage of a serious illness | When a doctor expects six months or less if the illness runs its usual course |
| Treatment | Continue any treatment, including curative care | Focus shifts to comfort instead of cure |
| Main goal | Relieve symptoms and stress while you pursue treatment | Comfort, dignity, and quality of life for the time ahead |
| Where | At home | At home, in assisted living, or in a nursing facility |
| Your doctors | Keep them all. We coordinate. | Keep your own doctor. We work alongside them. |
| Can you change course? | Yes, move to hospice when and if it's right | Yes, leave hospice anytime and return later |
Questions about palliative care
Is palliative care the same as hospice?
No. All hospice includes palliative care, but palliative care can start much earlier, at any stage of a serious illness, and alongside treatment meant to cure or control it.
Do I have to stop my treatment?
No. You can keep your chemotherapy, dialysis, or other treatments. Palliative care focuses on easing symptoms and side effects so you feel better along the way.
Who is palliative care for?
People living with a serious or chronic illness such as heart failure, advanced cancer, COPD, or dementia, especially if symptoms are affecting daily life or leading to hospital visits.
Will I still see my regular doctors?
Yes. Our team coordinates with your primary care doctor and specialists, so everyone is working from the same plan.
What if I need hospice later?
If the time comes, the transition is simple because you already know us. Many patients move from our palliative care program into hospice with the same familiar faces.
Feel better, starting now
Palliative care works best when it starts early. Call us to talk through your situation and see whether it's a fit. No pressure and no obligation.
Or call toll free: 888-517-8100