PalCare
Palliative Care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Promoting life in the midst of life-limiting illness
PalCare is the palliative care program for patients treated at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Palliative care is for patients and families dealing with a serious life-limiting illness or condition and focuses on the following areas:
- Comfort and support for the patient and family
- Quality of life for the patient and family
- Continuity of care
- Communication about treatment goals and choices
What can PalCare offer patients and families?
- Assistance with communication with the healthcare team regarding the patient’s diagnosis, treatment options, comfort issues, quality of life and outlook for the future
- Better coordination of care for patients receiving care from different sources and services
- Increased focus on understanding and addressing patient and family concerns, support and comfort needs
- An advocate in the healthcare system to help look at where the patient’s condition and treatment options fall in the “big picture” of the patient’s life
- Support and assistance with making advance care plans for the patient when appropriate
Important points to understand about palliative care:
- Palliative care means helping the patient and family have a good life no matter how long life will be
- PalCare is not hospice
- Patients and families do not lose any treatment options when receiving palliative care services
- Patients do not have to make any advance care plans in order to receive palliative care services
- PalCare involvement and support is available for as long as needed and can also be stopped at any time at the patient and family’s request
The PalCare Team
- The doctors and treatment teams who follow a patient continue to follow a patient after PalCare joins the treatment team
- Paige Jaggers, PalCare Social Worker, 501-364-6656
 E-Mail
- Linda Corrigan, Palcare Specialty Nurse, 501-364-6657 E-Mail
- Dr. Carrie Brown, PalCare Medical Consultant E-Mail
- Greg Adams, PalCare Director, 501-364-6549 E-Mail
- ACH staff from Pastoral Care, Child Life and Discharge Planning also work as part of the PalCare team to help meet the needs of the patient and family
- A PalCare team member is available 24 hours a day at 501-364-6658
To contact PalCare call:
501-364-6658
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