Palliative Care Floor

You need a referral from your primary care provider.

Palliative care floor. Palliative care at somc if you are living with a serious illness resulting in physical symptoms that impact your quality of life you may benefit from somc s palliative care program. Our clinic accepts many insurance plans including medicare and medicaid. Although palliative and hospice teams share the same principles of comfort and support palliative care often begins at diagnosis and continues during treatment and beyond. Our palliative care team consists of palliative care physicians a nurse practitioner and a clinical practice nurse lead and registered nurses.

Hospice and end of life care fall under the umbrella when the focus of care changes. We will develop a plan to aggressively treat a patient s symptoms and work with other healthcare providers to make sure the symptoms are continuously managed. Our goals are to relieve suffering for our patients to provide the best possible quality of life care and to provide support to their families. Adding nonskid floor surfaces which generally make moving around the house easier for palliative care patients.

Bereavement care is also under that umbrella for family support after a death. The palliative care team works in conjunction with your oncology care team to manage your care and maintain the best possible quality of life for you. Palliative care and chronic illnesses. Palliative care is offered as a consultative service in partnership with the patient s physician is appropriate at any age and at any stage of a serious illness and can be provided simultaneously with curative treatment.

Palliative care is the umbrella where we are focusing on symptom control to get you through treatments advance care planning and quality of life. Palliative care is a medical specialty dedicated to actively supporting patients and families dealing with advanced chronic illnesses. Our team is also supported by multidisciplinary health professionals providing services including social work spiritual care speech language pathology physiotherapy and nutrition. Please verify coverage and copay before your visit.

Palliative care is not synonymous with end of life care. Palliative care specialists also provide caregiver support facilitate communication among members of the health care team and help with discussions focusing on goals of care for the patient. Palliative care can help patients with serious illnesses learn to cope with their condition as well as the impact it can have on other areas. Palliative teams provide an added layer of support in addition to your prescribed treatment.

Our outpatient clinic is located on the first floor of spartanburg medical center.