The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Palliative care is provided by a team that includes a medical director, nurse practitioner, nurse case manager, social worker and spiritual care coordinator. This team works with a patient’s other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. Palliative care can be provided together with curative treatment.

Services Provided

You and your family will benefit from any combination of these services.

• • Initial assessment in your home from a nurse practitioner or RN
  • Symptom management
  • Medication management
  • Emotional support for you and your caregiver
  • Regular contact from a nurse
  • Referrals to community services

Eligibility

Journeys Palliative Care eligibility means you have a serious advanced illness (like those listed above), your health care provider is doing everything possible to treat it, and you are still having symptoms such as those listed below.

• Pain
• Difficulty breathing
• Nausea
• Dizziness
• Anxiety
• Falling
• Extreme loss of appetite
• Unintentional weight loss

Working With Primary Care Providers

Our staff will work with your physician or other provider to help you get the comfort care you need. We will visit you in your home and together with you, your family and your provider, we will create a plan of care that helps you get the best possible quality of life.

We are available to you to answer questions and help you manage your symptoms. With your permission, we will keep your provider updated on how you are doing and the support we are providing.