Center for Good Mourning

PalCare

Palliative Care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Promoting life in the midst of life-limiting illness

Goals of palliative care

• Sensitive and effective communication about treatment goals and choices
• Physical and psychosocial comfort and support
• High quality of life for the patient and family
• Improved continuity of care

What kinds of patients are appropriate for PalCare services?

Patients with:

• A life-limiting illness or condition
• Needs for additional help and attention with:
• Psychosocial support and continuity of care
• Advance directives and decisionmaking
• Physical comfort concerns

What can PalCare offer treatment teams?

• Assistance with communication with patients and families regarding difficult issues relating to diagnosis, prognosis, treatment options, comfort issues, and quality of life
• Help with coordination of care for patients receiving care from different sources and services
• Increased focus on assessing and meeting patient and family concerns, support and comfort needs, and bereavement issues
• A one-time consult for complicated situations involving life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses and conditions without the expectation of continued PalCare involvement
• Inservices and continuing education on palliative care and end of life issues

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

To contact PalCare call:
501-364-6658

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