Medicare covers palliative care for people with long-term and terminal illnesses. Coverage includes inpatient and outpatient services and mental health care. Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage ...

Rainbow Kids at Primary Children’s Hospital is a consultation service available for any child experiencing a life-threatening illness. Our program is here to help both your child and family deal with ...

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious ...

Palliative care physicians are trained to prevent and ease suffering for people who have serious illnesses or who need end-of-life care. Most health care providers focus on diagnosing and treating ...

Early palliative care, palliative care integrated with oncology care early in the course of illness, has myriad benefits for patients and their caregivers, including improved quality of life, reduced ...

Both palliative and hospice care focus on improving quality of life. Palliative care is available at the time of diagnosis, but hospice care is only available near the end of life. There’s often ...

MASON CITY — Joann Davis’ lip trembled and eyes filled with tears as she described what her life was like just a short time ago. “I had connective tissue disease,” she said Friday. “I was so bad off, ...