Getting Started
Is palliative care right for me?
If you’re dealing with any side effects that are hindering your quality of life, palliative care could be right for you. Palliative care can be received at ANY point during a patient’s illness while still receiving curative treatments. Palliative care offers an additional layer of support and a new set of tools to help manage the symptoms and stress of life-limiting diseases.
Take a moment to review the questions below. If you or someone close to you answers “Yes” to one or more of the following questions, palliative care might be a viable option.
Are you or a loved one living with one or more of the following serious illnesses?
Are you or a loved one experiencing symptoms from your disease or difficult side effects from treatment that regularly impact your quality of life? These symptoms could include, but are not limited to:
Have you or a loved one had frequent ER visits or admissions to the hospital due to the same recurring symptoms?
Could you or your loved one use help with understanding what programs and resources are available to you, as well as with making medical decisions about treatment options?
Do you or your loved one seek any of the following?
Referral Process
If you’re interested in palliative care, please ask your doctor for a referral. The first appointment will be used to assess a patient’s needs to see if palliative care is right for them. With a physician’s referral, most insurance plans support palliative care.