How hospice palliative care can help with emotional and social challenges
Living with an incurable illness is hard. Hospice palliative care can help you talk through problems and feelings. Sometimes you may feel better just by having someone listen.
You may talk to any hospice palliative care provider, including a hospice palliative care social worker, about what is bothering you. Together you can look for ways to improve your quality of life.
During visits, you may:
- Talk about your feelings about your illness, such as anger or sadness.
- Work through stressful family situations. You may have meetings with loved ones or members of your family.
- Get connected to resources in the community, such as home care, long-term care, or hospice centre care.
- Look for financial support, such as help paying for medicines.
- Get help with other challenges, such as transportation.
| Author: | Colleen Cronin Douglas Dana | Last Updated: April 11, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Ira Byock, MD - Palliative Care Robin L. Fainsinger, MBChB, LMCC, CCFP - Palliative Care | |
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