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Palliative Care

Old people with progressive illnesses may feel that they have become a burden on their family and friends. Our highly trained team of professional care workers can provide the highest level of care to maximise comfort and quality of living. When necessary, the 24/7 live-in service is available.

What is palliative care?

If you’ve been told you may not get better, you might also have heard about palliative care. Palliative care is for people living with a terminal illness where a cure is no longer possible. It’s not just for people diagnosed with terminal cancer, but any terminal condition. It’s also for people who have a complex illness and need their symptoms controlled. Although these people usually have an advanced, progressive condition, this isn’t always the case.

Palliative care aims to treat or manage pain and other physical symptoms. It will also help with any psychological, social or spiritual needs. Treatment will involve medicines, therapies, and any other support that specialist teams believe will help their patients. It includes caring for people who are nearing the end of life. This is called end of life care.

The goal is to help you and everyone affected by your diagnosis to achieve the best quality of life. You might receive palliative care alongside particular treatments, therapies and medicines, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Palliative care:

  • improves quality of life
  • gives relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
  • supports life and keeping people as healthy as possible, regarding dying as a normal process
  • doesn’t quicken or postpone death
  • combines psychological and spiritual aspects of care
  • offers a support system to help people live as actively as possible until death
  • offers a support system to help the family cope during a person’s treatment and in bereavement
  • uses a team approach to address the needs of the person who is ill and their families
  • also applies to the earlier stages of illness, alongside other therapies that are aimed at prolonging life can take place in hospitals, hospices but also in people’s homes

What is end of life care?

End of life care is an important part of palliative care for people who are nearing the end of life. End of life care is for people who are considered to be in the last year of life, but this time-frame can be difficult to predict.

End of life care aims to help people live as well as possible and to die with dignity. It also refers to treatment during this time and can include additional support, such as help with legal matters. End of life care continues for as long as you need it.

Who provides palliative care?

The professionals who provide this care fall into two main groups:

1. General care

Those who give day-to-day care to patients with advanced illness and their family and friends, such as your GP, community nurses

2. Specialist care

Experts in palliative care, such as consultants in palliative medicine or clinical nurse specialists.

You’re likely to need both general and specialist care as your needs change. Palliative care can be provided in different places including in your home, in hospital, at a care home or a hospice, such as the hospices we offer.

General care

Providing general palliative care is part of many health and social care professionals’ jobs. You might see these people regularly as part of your clinical treatment:

  • your GP
  • community nurses
  • social workers
  • care workers
  • spiritual care professionals

These professionals should be able to assess your care needs, and those of your family and friends. They should meet those needs where possible and know when to seek specialist advice. The aim of general palliative care is to provide:

  • information for you and your family or friends, and signposting to other services
  • accurate and all-round assessment of your needs
  • coordination of carer teams in and out of hours
  • basic levels of symptom and pain control
  • psychological, social, spiritual and practical support
  • good communication with you, your family or friends and the professionals supporting you

Specialist care

Specialist palliative care services manage more complex patient care problems that cannot be dealt with by generalist services. Specialists usually work in teams to offer joined-up care and you might see one or more specialists when you’re referred. Specialist teams include:

  • doctors and nurses
  • counsellors
  • specialist allied health professionals, such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dieticians and social workers

Specialist palliative care services may be provided by the NHS, local councils and voluntary organisations. These could include inpatient and outpatient facilities and bereavement support services for relatives of patients.

The options for palliative care include:

Live-in care

A specially trained live-in carer can provide support each day according to your requirements. Carefully chosen, based on your personality and care needs, this carer will live with you at home, supporting with your day-to-day needs. With a special focus on promoting your indendence and helping you to get the most out of life, he or she is likely to become a great friend and companion.

Regular home visits

If you’d prefer support visits at specific times of the day – or overnight – your local Page Alliance Health care branch will support you with this. From just a half-an-hour visit each week all the way through to several visits a day or nightly support, an expertly trained carer can support you to stay independent at home.

Respite care

If your usual caregiver needs to take a break, we offer respite live-in care from as little as three days. If you’ve been let down by your usual carer, or they are taken ill suddenly, we can step in quickly to support you with emergency care.

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Every tiny detail of every home care service we offer is tailored to suit your needs. You decide on the level of care and support you need, for as long as you want it.

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As life expectancy grows, more of us are living longer. For a lot of older members of society, trying to maintain independence in their own home can be increasingly difficult.
Home Services

We offer a full suite of home services to support you and your loved ones at home. This could be anything from mowing the lawn and doing some urgent DIY, to collecting the dry cleaning and picking up prescriptions.
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Personal care is available for  any daily tasks you may need support with, such as bathing, showering, applying creams and lotions, dressing and toileting, all in the comfort of your own home.
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Page Alliance Healthcare Live-in care gives your loved one round-the-clock support & care, in the comfort of their own home. We will match your loved one with a Care Professional who shares their interests and has the relevant experience to care for their needs, to guarantee that they are the happiest, healthiest, most independent version of themselves.
Palliative Care

When people become progressively illnesses they may feel that they have become a burden on their family and friends. At Page Alliance Healthcare we believe that this doesn’t need to be the case.   Our highly trained team of professional care workers can provide the highest level of care to maximise comfort and quality of living. When necessary, the 24/7 live-in service is available.