It helps to understand that hospice care is actually a part of palliative care. So hospice care is always palliative, but palliative care isn’t always hospice.
Caring for a loved one with a serious illness is more difficult than you imagined. You are not alone. Call us at 716-338-0033 and let us help.
Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care provides an extra layer of support to your loved one’s medical care, at any stage in a serious illness, whatever the diagnosis. Our home-based care is focused on relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of the illness – and works together with your loved one’s curative treatments. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family by keeping your loved one comfortable and out of the hospital.
Here’s what you can expect from Palliative Care:
Visit our Resources page where we’ve posted two videos explaining our community-base palliative care program.
Understanding hospice and palliative care can be confusing. The main focus of each is providing comfort and easing symptoms of serious illnesses. The main difference is that hospice care is typically reserved for those with less than six months to live.
It helps to understand that hospice care is actually a part of palliative care. So hospice care is always palliative, but palliative care isn’t always hospice.
Experiencing physical discomfort, shortness of breath, nausea, anxiety, and emotional or spiritual distress can take a toll on your loved one, family, and caregivers. Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care specializes in providing timely and effective symptom management for greater comfort and well-being.
Our team of doctors and nurses make house calls to assess your loved one’s symptoms and provide the right medical treatment to manage pain and other symptoms. Social workers and chaplains can offer support for emotional and spiritual pain, and a variety of therapies are available for physical and emotional relief.
Whether your loved one is undergoing curative treatments like chemotherapy, radiation, or drug therapies, or simply experiencing symptoms of their illness, Chautauqua Palliative Care provides relief at any stage and age. Rely on our expertise for a comforting support system.
Serious illness can make even routine activities difficult for your loved one and their caregivers. Our experienced Chautauqua Palliative Care professionals can help you perform many activities or do them for you, depending on your condition and situation.
Confronting a serious illness triggers emotional and spiritual challenges for patients, their families, and caregivers. The stress, anxiety, and uncertainty of an illness can unleash a range of emotions – fear, anger, depression, guilt, grief and many other feelings. But you don’t have to face these challenges alone. Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care is beside you.
Our expert team of social workers and counselors provide education and counseling for a range of needs. They also can help you understand your care options and connect you to other community resources, such as disease-specific support groups.
To help your family sort through spiritual issues to find peace and comfort, our team includes experienced Chaplains. Matters of faith and spirituality are often magnified during a serious or terminal illness. Our Chaplains are specially trained to help you connect with your faith according to your individual preferences, beliefs and traditions, regardless of the faith you practice.
When a loved one receiving palliative services dies, all family members and caregivers can be affected by the loss. CHPC provides bereavement services for hospice AND palliative caregivers through our comprehensive Bereavement Care program. You are not alone.
The sooner you call 716-338-0033 the more we can do to fulfill your wishes and make your journey easier. If you’d rather we contact you, fill out our contact form, and we’ll be in touch soon!
