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Palliative Care
Palliative Care Helps Relieve Pain, Symptoms, and Stress
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with a serious illness, palliative care can help. Our specialists work with your existing doctors to provide an extra layer of medical support focused on relieving pain, managing symptoms, and supporting overall quality of life.
We also work closely with patients and caregivers to clarify goals and help you understand what to expect as an illness progresses.
If you are feeling overwhelmed or unsure about next steps, our team can help bring clarity and support.
Is Palliative Care Right for You?
Care Dimensions’ palliative care program supports people in the later stages of a serious illness. Our team works with you and your doctors while you continue the treatments that matter to you. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with any of the following, our team can help:
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We help reduce hospitalizations by better managing symptoms such as:
- Pain
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Sleeping problems
- Eating difficulties
- Nausea
- Stress
Hospice or Palliative Care?
Both palliative care and hospice care focus on comfort and quality of life. The key difference is that patients receiving palliative care may continue curative treatments.
Compare OptionsWhat Does Palliative Care Look Like?
Our palliative care program offers a hybrid model of virtual and in-person visits, meeting patients where they live – that could be at home, at an assisted living or skilled nursing facility, or even in the hospital. Our goal is to provide personalized care tailored to meet each patient’s unique needs and circumstances.
Our palliative care team works with your existing doctors to provide coordinated care. That team includes:
- Board-certified physician – Specializes in palliative care and coordinates care with your primary physician and specialists.
- Nurse practitioner – Manages symptoms and pain.
- Social worker – Helps patients and families cope with emotional and practical issues.
Here are some of the ways our team offers support:
- Diagnosis and prognosis discussions, especially when prognosis may be unclear
- Discussions relating to your goals of care
- Advanced care planning assistance
- Complex pain and symptom management and evaluation of current medications
- Care coordination with patient’s doctor and specialists
- Consultations in your home
- Help with treatment decisions based on realistic goals
- Spiritual and emotional support
- Transition to hospice care when needed
- Caregiver education
Areas We Serve
Our service area extends across more than 100 communities in eastern Massachusetts. Find out if you live in an area where we provide care..
See Our MapsWhat is the Cost?
Palliative care is often covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans. If you’re concerned about coverage, please let us know and we can explore options.
Taking the Next Steps
If you think palliative care might be right for you or a loved one, contact us today. Our expert team is here to answer your questions and help you understand if palliative care is a good fit.
Call 888-283-1722 to learn more or fill out our online request for services form.
Stories View more Care Dimensions Stories
After being diagnosed with cancer of the tissue lining the abdomen, Steve turned to Care Dimensions for palliative care to manage his symptoms and help him live the way he wanted while dealing with a serious illness.
After a hospital stay for congestive heart failure and rapid atrial fibrillation at the age of 91, Phyllis Kransberg of Beverly, MA, discovered that palliative care was just what she needed to help keep her out of the hospital and back on track.
After developing circulatory problems in his legs and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), Mike Lester endured surgeries, complications, rehabilitation stays, and the amputation of his left leg. Hear how palliative care from Care Dimensions is helping him get his quality of life back.
Palliative care offers a much-needed layer of assistance to patients and families that can reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits by better managing symptoms at home.
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Since 1978, Care Dimensions, formerly Hospice of the North Shore, has provided comprehensive and compassionate care for individuals and families dealing with life-threatening illnesses. As the non-profit leader in advanced illness care, we offer services in over 100 communities in Massachusetts.
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