VISITING ANGELS MCKINNEY, TX 214-491-1999
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How Can Palliative Care Services Help Elderly Adults in McKinney?

Palliative care aims to alleviate discomfort and provide much-needed support for seniors in McKinney, Allen, Plano and Frisco, TX

Your loved one may have recently been diagnosed with a condition that requires them to receive palliative care, or, their long-time conditions may have gotten worse over time and require this specialized type of in-home care. However, as this is not a term used frequently, you may be left wondering about what this form of specialized care actually is and how it will impact your loved one’s life.

The official definition of palliative care is that it is a medical specialty designed to help individuals who need intensive care and are dealing with a serious illness. It aims to relieve symptoms and stress associated with this illness. In other words, palliative services do not focus on helping individuals find a cure, and many individuals who receive this type of care have received a terminal diagnosis but are not in the final stages of their life.

In 2006, palliative services were recognized as a medical specialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties. According to the World Health Organization, it is defined as “an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.”

Anyone can receive palliative services if they need it, regardless of how old they are or in which stage their illness is currently. At the same time, many individuals who receive this line of specialized care are not dealing with terminal illnesses.

Comforting Palliative Care from Visiting Angels McKinney

An individual’s palliative team will most often include a palliative doctor, accompanied by other doctors, specialists, nurses, social workers, spiritual leaders, volunteers and family members. In other words, quality care is a team effort and includes professional non-medical home care workers as the demands of looking after a loved one may be too much to bear for family members at this point.

Comfort is absolutely central to quality palliative services. At Visiting Angels McKinney, we place the needs and wishes of the older adults and others we look after above all else in their care.

Your loved one’s palliative team will do a lot for your loved one, including helping them make the right medical decisions, introduce them to treatments that will make them more comfortable, coordinate care, help them take care of any end of life documents and provide emotional support. The important thing is that your loved one receive care as a whole person.

To find out more about how in-home senior care from Visiting Angels helps elderly adults in McKinney, Allen, Plano and Frisco, TX, please call our local office today.

Serving McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Prosper and Other Communities in Collin County, TX

Visiting Angels MCKINNEY, TX
4500 Eldorado Pkwy #1500
McKinney, TX 75070
Phone: 214-491-1999
Fax: 469-519-7897
021334

Serving McKinney, Allen, Frisco, Prosper and Other Communities in Collin County, TX

Visiting Angels MCKINNEY, TX
4500 Eldorado Pkwy #1500
McKinney, TX 75070
Phone: 214-491-1999
Fax: 469-519-7897
021334