Palliative care is a specialized medical care for people suffering with a serious illness. It emphasizes on providing relief from the symptoms, stress, pain, physical and mental anxiety of these illness.
The main focus is to improve the quality of life for both the person going through it and their family. Going ahead with the diagnosis, that are life-threating illness and death, a person will experience a lot of grief and will battle with a series of different thoughts, emotions as they come in terms with reality. This is definitely hard to comprehend that the days are numbered.
Due to the severity of the situation there is a lot of fear which is natural for someone to go through it. It can be very difficult for a family member to comfort their loved one. Families also need support and find ways to cope up with such an illness in the home.
This is when an intervention with a counsellor would help lessen the stress in the family.
• To assure life but also to note that dying is a normal process and by not postponing it.
• To make sure there is relief from pain and other symptoms that are unpleasant and uncomfortable.
• To be able to sensitively provide care and comfort to enable the person to live as actively as possible.
• To offer utmost support to the family during the patient’s illness and in their bereavement.
Palliative care is not easy. There is a lot of struggle and difficulty. If you are someone going through this or you know someone who is in this situation don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected] or call us on 8039236200. We will help you in the best way possible.