Why do we need palliative care?

Palliative care is important because it gives patients an option for pain and symptom management and higher quality of life while still pursuing curative measures. When a patient is seriously ill, they understand the value of each day.

What are three advantages of palliative care?

What are the benefits of Palliative Care?

Puts the patient’s desires, goals and decisions first.
Supports the patient and family.
Helps patients and families understand treatment plans.
Improves quality of life.
Provides pain and symptom control.
Focuses on body, mind and spirit.
Reduces unnecessary hospital visits.

What is a palliative assessment?

Patient descriptions of physical symptoms and their severity are the primary data for symptom assessment in palliative care. Exploring patients’ reports of symptoms requires thoroughness, persistence, and patience; this is a fundamental aspect of patient-centered care.

Does palliative care work in Kerala?

Palliative care in Kerala. Problems at presentation in 440 patients with advanced cancer in a south Indian state A new palliative care unit in Kerala, a southern state of India, treated 440 patients’ with advanced cancer in the first 15 months of operation. This paper presents an analysis of the problems these patients presented with.

How many people in India have access to palliative care?

Just 2% of people who need palliative care in India have access to it, far below the global average of 14%. The figure for Kerala stands above 26%. What has Kerala done right? Dr. Kumar says, “There’s a difference in the models.

Which is the first palliative care home care service in India?

Another NGO, CanSupport, founded in 1997 in Delhi started providing the first free palliative care home care support service in North India. Four NGOs in Kerala joined together in 1999 to launch Neighborhood Network in Palliative Care (NNPC), a major community-owned initiative in palliative care. …

How successful was the Palliative Care conference in Bangalore?

It was quite a success, with some 30,000 people attending, says P.C. Sreekumar, a volunteer himself, and vice-chairman of the Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS), which runs the Institute.