Sometimes people think palliative care and hospice care are the same. That is not true and below we will make clear the difference. Simply put, palliative care is about supporting the patient and their family while the patient is in treatment. Palliative care is especially important to cancer patients and others going through tough treatments.
Palliative care is available early in treatment. This care can include such things as help with nutrition, medicines for easing side effects, therapy, etc.
Hospice care is for later. It is only used toward the end of life. It is to make the patient comfortable and to provide support for the family when treatments are no longer working.
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