Palliative care (or Hospice Services)

Terminal cancer patients at some stage might wish to have a better quality of life, but not with the length of life. This time may be decided in the patient's body condition, treatment efficacy and side effects of size. The patient himself, his doctor or his family would be very natural to achieve this decisive moment. At this point, the doctor may suggest patients received palliative care (or Hospice Services), the purpose is to help terminal cancer patients to spend a little pain, there is peace, dignity, good quality of life of the hospice. Through effective pain management, palliative care to make a terminal cancer patients in a caring loving care, what comes naturally journey through life. 

A palliative care institutions in addition to special nurses, social workers, there are security guards and file, spiritual, animal husbandry staff and volunteers, these people with the patient's family members to form a "whole-person care" of the team to fulfill patients in body, mind, and soul III needs. Contributing nurses focus on patient care, with the attending physician contact, and medical equipment acquisition and use. Guarding file is to help patients maintain the cleanliness and personal hygiene. Social worker responsible for the mental patients and their families assisted by or on behalf of the community look for other resources. Ling, animal husbandry staff at patients and their families to provide the religious background or find the appropriate spiritual counseling. Volunteers can help with patients, so that families can go out to do important things, or a breather rest. 

Contributing nurses are often associated with the patient's attending physician to keep in touch, according to the patient's condition in a timely manner to adjust the way health care or drug doses in order to maintain the patient's quality of life. All patients required oxygen, beds, mattresses, wheelchairs, and other painkillers, as long as appropriate and agreed to by doctors, they immediately contact the provision of medical equipment firms. These services for those who choose home care, there are positive benefits significance. In addition to patients, they also "family care", including family assistance, counseling, patient died young children and leave behind family and grief counseling. Patient died, the organization grief counselors will regularly write to their families, counseling the families of how to deal with grief. 

U.S. general health insurance and the U.S. government contains items palliative care, so patients do not usually be an additional fee. If a patient has no health insurance or can not afford, they will not refuse to provide services. Such institutions also replace direct patient contact with insurance companies, can be removed from the many representations cumbersome. In terms of patients and their families, it is one less headache.