Temecula Palliative Care

When medicine is no longer capable of providing a cure, it can often offer comfort. It is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Temecula palliative care can also provide assistance that can help maintain a better quality of life for the patient. Palliative care is the treatment of physical and emotional pain and symptoms. It focuses on enhancing a patient’s comfort and on improving their quality of life.

Pain during terminal illness can be physical, emotional, and/or spiritual in nature and origin. In hospice, palliative care aims to relieve pain and suffering by managing physical symptoms. For example, nausea, shortness of breath, and constipation that may be caused by the illness or result of medication. Furthermore, palliative care in hospice also addresses other issues such as anxiety, depression, or insomnia.

Most hospice physicians, nurses, social workers, and home health aides have advanced training and specialized certifications in palliative care.