Palliative Care: Improving Quality of Life for Patients with Life-Limiting Diseases

Palliative care
Introduction
Palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach to give medical care to those
affected by life-limiting diseases. Palliative care was introduced during
hospice time after realizing that many patients died even after being nursed
because their pain was not properly managed.
The main reason for palliative care is to improve the quality of life a person
and their family members. The purpose of curative care is not to cure but
reduce the pain brought about by a certain illness at a stage where no cure is
expected.
It is mostly provided at the end-life stage but it is not restricted to it. Any age
can get palliative care during illness and t can also be carried out along with
other curative measures.

Why carry out palliative care
• Palliative care improves one’s quality of life through lessening stress
from the current illness. It is even advisable to carry out palliative care
before carrying out any complicated therapy to the illness.
• Palliative care also reduces depression and increases the chances of
surviving. There several features of people who require palliative care,
first, if they are not able of taking care for themselves, two, if there is
no benefit from the treatment given in the past, three, if no prove that
cure will work out and if the patient cannot participate in any health
trial.