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Improving quality of life for people living with congestive heart failure

Adapted from an excellent article on the get palliative care website. Life with congestive heart failure (CHF) can be a difficult journey. Your symptoms may get in the way of day-to-day activities,…

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Advance Directives: How They Work

Most people do not want to think about death and dying — so they don’t. Until they have to. Unfortunately, that often means that families are left struggling with difficult…

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Can Care-giving be a Health Hazard?

There are around 66 million informal caregivers in the United States, and the caregiving epidemic will only grow as America faces an aging population says a recent report by Emblem…

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Are you or a loved one facing a serious illness? Compassion House Calls can help. We provide a specialized medical care called palliative care for people with serious illness. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in your illness, and you can have it along with curative treatment. The goal is to relieve symptoms and stress and improve your quality of life.

When pain, trouble breathing, anxiety or other bothersome symptoms of an illness reduce comfort and quality of life for you or a loved one, Compassion House Calls can ease suffering and improve quality of life for both the patient and caregiver.

Compassion House Calls is specialized expert medical care from a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers and counselors to support your physical, emotional and spiritual needs during serious illness.

Palliative care works alongside and does not replace your ongoing treatments and physicians. Ask your physician about adding Compassion House Calls to your care.