Talbot Hospice Foundation

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Join our caring and supporting community of fellow professionals, patients and families. We laugh, we smile and we thrive knowing that we can focus on our patients and provide the best care to them in their last stages of life. Talbot Hospice serves patients facing life-limiting illnesses through hospice and palliative care as well as its pathways and bereavement programs. Services are available to patients and caregivers regardless of ability to pay. Life should not be measured by the number of days, but quality of days. Hospice and palliative (pronounced PAL-lee-uh-tiv) care are considered models of quality, compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness or injury. At Talbot Hospice, we believe that everyone coping with serious illness deserves to direct their course of care and to fully live in comfort, with grace, dignity and peace. Difference Between Palliative Care and Hospice Both palliative care and hospice care provide comfort, but hospice can only begin when it is apparent that the person is not going to survive and treatment of the disease has stopped; palliative care can begin at diagnosis, and at the same time as treatment. Although the criteria to be enrolled in hospice and palliative care differs, both services manage symptoms to help keep your loved one comfortable. Both share a holistic and integrative approach to the care by treating the whole person — physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially. Both types of care focus on relieving symptoms, pain and stress, for the patient, their caregivers, and their family. 5 Common Goals of Hospice and Palliative Care Provide relief from pain and symptoms to improve the quality of life. Treats the whole person – physically, emotionally, and spiritually – providing a holistic approach to care. Encourages patient and family participation in the plan of care. Helps patients live as actively as possible. Offers support to help the family and caregivers cope.

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