AN EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WHERE AND WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST.

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NJ Health provides Palliative Care wherever you call home. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious or chronic illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness-whatever the diagnosis. 

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The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Palliative care is provided by a team of expert healthcare professionals including a nurse practitioner and other specialists who collaborate with a patient’s physician to provide an extra layer of support. Palliative care is appropriate at any age and at any stage in the illness and can be provided together with curative treatment. 

 

 

Our Palliative Care Team will customize a care plan for: 

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• Improved quality of life

• Pain and Symptom Management: reduced symptom burden

• Discussion and clarification of goals

• Emotional support for patient and family

• Spiritual support

• Advance care planning

• Communication and education about disease

 

 

Triggers for a Palliative Care Consult: 

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• Pain

• Uncontrolled symptoms causing a burden

• Advance Care Planning                                                          

• Fatigue                                                            

• Nausea and Vomiting                         

• Weight Loss                                        

• Diarrhea or Constipation

• Shortness of Breath

• Difficult Sleeping

• Anxiety

• Loss of Appetite

• Decline in cognition

• Progressive illness

• Repeated hospital or Emergency Department visits

• Caregiver burnout

• Patient or family needing education

 

Palliative care is covered under Medicare Part B, Medicaid, and most other insurance companies. Co-pays may apply. 

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Call NJ Health and ask to speak to our Palliative Care Team to learn more about your healthcare options. 856.696.5340

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