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Chesapeake Regional offers a Palliative Care program for seriously ill patients and their families. A physician, nurse practitioner, chaplain, social worker and registered nurse work with patients' health care providers to enhance the patient's quality of life. For us it's personal.
Palliative care helps patients and their families manage symptoms such as pain, nausea, shortness of breath, anxiety or fatigue. The team can also help patients maintain their independence and comfort, assist with decision-making and goal-setting, help with advance care planning, and provide emotional and spiritual support. Palliative care can be provided along with curative treatment from the time of diagnosis through end of life care and hospice.
Medical conditions that may benefit from Palliative Care include cancer, cardiac disease, respiratory disease, kidney failure, Alzheimer's disease, AIDS, amyotrophic sclerosis and multiple sclerosis.
Criteria for physician referral
- Uncontrolled pain or symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, delirium, depression, anxiety and anorexia
- Uncontrolled stress or spiritual issues
- The need to better understand the disease process
- The desire to revise goals of care or make end-of-life decisions
- Experiencing more than one hospital admission or multiple ER visits, for the same diagnosis within the last month
- The need for assistance in hospital discharge planning to an appropriate level of care
- A prolonged hospital stay, without evidence of progress
A patient, physician or family may request information about hospice
Coverage and availability
Most insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, will cover all or part of palliative care services.
To learn more
Please call us at and we will be happy to assist you.
757-312-4182, Monday through Friday,
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
or ask your physician for a referral to CRMC Palliative Care.
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