Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care

Both palliative care and hospice care focus on comfort and quality of life. The difference is when they’re provided.

  • Palliative care can begin at any stage of a serious illness and can be given alongside curative treatments.
  • Hospice care is for the final months of life, when treatment shifts entirely to comfort and support.
Palliative Care

Helps people manage symptoms and maintain quality of life while continuing other treatments. 

Eligibility:

  • Serious or life-limiting illness
  • Multiple hospitalizations
  • Functional decline
  • Requires physician referral

Team Includes:
Nurse Practitioner, Palliative Navigator, Social Worker

How We Help:

  • Clinic consultations
  • Symptom and medication management
  • Coordination with your doctor
  • Advance care planning
  • Specialized programs (Cancer, COPD, CHF)
  • Home-based consultations
  • Assistance with advance care directive planning
Hospice Care

Supports patients and families when curative treatment is no longer an option.

Eligibility:

  • Six months or less life expectancy
  • Life-limiting illness
  • Comfort-focused care
  • Requires physician referral

Team Includes:
Physician, Nurse, Social Worker, CNA, Clinical Manager, Counselors

How We Help:

  • Skilled nursing visits
  • 24/7 access to care
  • Symptom and medication management
  • Inpatient Care Center (as needed)
  • Grief and bereavement support
  • Integrative therapies
  • Home-based consultations
  • Assistance with advance care directive planning
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