Palliative Care 2020 Conf

Palliative Care and End of Life

End-of-life care refers to Patient-Centered care for a life-limiting illness that meets the patient’s medical, physical, psychological, Spiritual and social needs and to provide relief of suffering, comfort, companionship. Older people often live with one or more chronic illnesses and need a lot of care for days, weeks, and even months before death. Hospice care is a divine service that emphasizes symptom management without life-prolonging treatment, and is meant to enhance the quality of life for both patients with a limited life expectancy and the Withholding or Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments in terminal illness.