“Living Well at Any Stage of Life”
Attention:
Before any conversations can take place about Hospice and Palliative Care treatment all legal requirements must be met. Will and estate planning, funeral arrangements, we also need to prepare ourselves and others for the inevitable time when a love one passes. These steps need to be completed while decisions are being considered for hospice and palliative care in the future.
These arrangements are usually handled by the Executer of the will. Legal problems occur when there are is no will. At this time a lawyer needs to be contacted.
Hospice vs Palliative Care
Understanding Hospice vs Palliative Care
When seeking advice from people who have lived through making these decisions, a few recurring ideas come up around the topic of hospice vs palliative care:
- Don’t wait too long to move towards either type of care
- Face the reality of the situation, even though it seems difficult to digest, and know that hospice and palliative care provide a comforting and secure place to help navigate what you’re experiencing (uncertainties of illness, timelines, pain management, caregiver support etc.)
- Hospice and palliative care look at the whole person first and then at the disease
Both hospice and palliative care are concerned for the health and welfare of the Christian patient. Their team should support an alleviation of suffering caused by physical, emotional, spiritual distress.
What is Hospice Care?
The main goal is to provide a quality of life that is the best it can be and to provide as many good days as possible in the midst of suffering and uncertainty.
The modern hospice has become a skilled community which aims at improving the quality of life remaining for patients with long-term as well as mortal illnesses and sometimes for the frail and elderly. It accepts the patient with their family as part of focus and of its concern, involving them where possible as part of the caring team and supporting them in their bereavement.
What is Palliative Care?
Palliate means to ease. Palliative care should “optimize the quality of life by anticipating, preventing and treating suffering.” It should also address all physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs of their loved one.
There are differences, so, before you make any decisions for your loved one’s care, always ask for professional help.
Note:
GFA will offer a local list “of Palliative and Hospice Care choices”
People signing up to the Online Bereavement Counselling service
We collect your name; phone number; email address; description of help required (free text field).
This information is supplied to the counsellors ahead of the service user’s appointment and is used by counsellors to help assess suitability for the service. As part of the assessment process we will collect information on the support you currently receive from your GP, psychologist, psychiatrist, social services or health visitor, and any other information that may be required. Your counsellor will only contact you by telephone in case of a technical problem with video chat.
Email reminders before appointments are also sent to those who consent.
Our lawful basis for processing this information is consent in respect of special categories of personal data and contractual necessity in respect of other personal data.
Remember, the first step to recovery is “Asking For help”
THE GFA TEAM
1-416-500-8207