Horizons Palliative Care

Horizons Palliative Care is part of the continuum of care available to individuals with advanced illness. It is a newer field of medicine which incorporates basic hospice principals of care but isn’t limited to individuals with a life limiting diagnosis.

Palliative care, also called comfort care, is primarily directed at providing relief to individuals through pain and symptom management as well as offering support around complex social and spiritual needs associated with advanced illness. The goal is to provide comfort and maintain the highest possible quality of life for as long as life remains - from days to years.

While eligibility to Hospice is restricted to a terminal diagnosis, that is not the case with Palliative Care.

Palliative Care may be appropriate for any individual:

• Diagnosed with any advanced illness
  
  
• Undergoing curative therapies
  
  
• Interested in remaining as active and comfortable as possible
  
  
• Desiring additional support to cope with advanced illness