Palliative Care in Sterling Heights, MI

When someone you love is facing a serious health condition like cancer, heart failure, or Alzheimer's, the comfort of being at home can be a sense of peace, dignity, and control. At Visiting Angels in Sterling Heights, we provide non-medical palliative care to help individuals living with chronic or advanced illness maintain their routines and quality of life at home.

Our role as professional caregivers is to ease discomfort, offer emotional companionship, and provide practical daily assistance so you or your loved one have meaningful, safe days at home while living their condition.

In-Home Palliative Care Services

Serious illness affects every part of an individual’s daily life. Our trained, certified palliative caregivers help lighten that load at home by providing assistance with personal care, preparing nourishing meals, or just being there to talk and to listen on the toughest of days. We are trained to provide help with Palliative home care services that include:

• Bathing, dressing, and personal grooming
• Meal preparation and hydration support
• Medication reminders
• Light house chores like laundry
• Assistance with walkers, wheelchairs and transferring positions
• Transportation to medical appointments
• Companionship and encouragement
• Fall prevention and safety

Who Needs Palliative Care, and Why?

Palliative care is necessary for individuals; especially our elderly population, who struggle to manage their chronic disease and keep the household running. Palliative care can be administered at any stage of a person’s illness, even while the individual continues to receive medical treatment. It is not only for those nearing the end of life. Our caregivers support individuals living with a range of health conditions like these listed below:

• Cancer
• Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
• Parkinson’s disease
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Liver or kidney disease
• Multiple sclerosis
• ALS and other, progressive, neurological conditions

What Sets Your Palliative Care Apart from Hospice Care?

While both types of care ease a person’s discomfort, hospice is for people with a terminal diagnosis and a life expectancy of six months or less. Palliative care is available for anyone at any stage of an illness even if he or she is undergoing curative treatment or managing long-term illnesses.

At Visiting Angels in Sterling Heights, our certified palliative caregivers do not replace medical providers or hospice services. Instead, we complement those services by providing hands-on, non-medical support that helps manage daily life and reduce stress on the person and their family.

What to Expect from Palliative Care

Our process begins with a free in-home consultation. One of our local care coordinators will meet with your family in Sterling Heights, Clinton Township, Shelby Township, Utica or Warren to discuss your loved one’s diagnosis and prognosis, their current symptoms and your concerns for them. We will also ask about their daily routines, lifestyle, and living situation.

From there, we develop a customized palliative care plan for your loved one’s physical needs, emotional wellbeing, and personal goals. Every visit is guided by your loved one’s condition, comfort, and personal wishes. We match your loved one with a caregiver based on their experience, personality, and compatibility. Visiting Angels keeps our care plans flexible so that they can evolve when needs change over time.

Schedule Free Consultation in Sterling Heights

If you’re considering in-home palliative care in Sterling Heights or surrounding Macomb County, we invite you to reach out today. There’s no obligation to commit. We’ll listen to your situation, and recommend ways in which our care services might be able to support your family member.

Serving the Communities of Macomb County, MI

Visiting Angels
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI

42140 Van Dyke Suite 200
Sterling Heights, MI 48314
Phone: 586-726-6999
Fax: 586-726-6988