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St. Francis Hospice - Melbourne
Melbourne, FL
(Family Experience)
(16)
St. Francis Hospice - Titusville
Titusville, FL
(Family Experience)
(42)
Avow Hospice - Naples
Naples, FL
(Family Experience)
(137)
Haven Hospice - Chiefland
Chiefland, FL
(Family Experience)
(12)
Haven Hospice - Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
(Family Experience)
(80)
Haven Hospice - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
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(0)
Haven Hospice - Lake City
Lake City, FL
(Family Experience)
(35)
Haven Hospice - Orange Park
Orange Park, FL
(Family Experience)
(0)
Haven Hospice - Palatka
Palatka, FL
(Family Experience)
(39)
Haven Hospice - St. Augustine
St. Augustine, FL
(Family Experience)
(0)
Community Hospice - Fleming Island
Fleming Island, FL
(Family Experience)
(0)
Community Hospice - Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
(Family Experience)
(19)
Community Hospice - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
(Family Experience)
(25)
Community Hospice - Jacksonville, Ramona Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL
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(0)
Community Hospice - Lake City
Lake City, FL
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(0)
Community Hospice - North Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
(Family Experience)
(0)
Community Hospice - Palatka
Palatka, FL
(Family Experience)
(10)
Big Bend Hospice - Crawfordville
Crawfordville, FL
(Family Experience)
(1)
Big Bend Hospice - Eastpoint
Eastpoint, FL
(Family Experience)
(0)
Big Bend Hospice - Madison
Madison, FL
(Family Experience)
(0)
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Understanding Palliative Care and Hospice
What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on providing relief from symptoms and stress of serious illness, regardless of the diagnosis or prognosis. Unlike hospice, palliative care can be provided at any stage of a serious illness and can be given alongside curative treatments.
Many hospice providers also offer palliative care consultations, which can help patients and families earlier in the disease process. This allows families to benefit from symptom management and support services while still pursuing treatment options.
Palliative Care vs. Hospice
All hospices provide comfort-focused care. However, providers offering palliative care consultations provide additional services:
- •Earlier Intervention: Palliative care can begin at any stage of serious illness, not just when life expectancy is limited
- •Concurrent Treatment: Can be provided alongside curative treatments, allowing patients to pursue treatment while receiving symptom management
- •Symptom Management: Focus on managing pain, nausea, fatigue, and other symptoms to improve quality of life
- •Care Coordination: Help navigating complex medical decisions and coordinating care between multiple specialists
- •Family Support: Emotional and practical support for families dealing with serious illness
- •Seamless Transition: Easy transition to hospice care when appropriate, as the same provider may offer both services
Benefits of Palliative Care
Palliative care can improve quality of life, help manage symptoms, provide emotional support, and assist with complex medical decisions. For many families, palliative care consultations provide valuable support earlier in the disease process, and when the time comes, the same provider can seamlessly transition to hospice care if needed.
Planning before hospice
Many families exploring palliative care are also beginning conversations about advance directives, estate planning, elder law, and future healthcare decisions.
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