Palliative Care:
An approach that improves the quality of life of patients and families facing chronic diseases by identifying, effectively evaluating and treating pain and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems at an early stage.
Patients in need of palliative care:
It covers patient groups where treatment is possible but may be inadequate, where there is no curative treatment option, where treatment is mostly palliative, and patients with severe neurological deficits that are thought to be progressive but can cause severe weakness and health problems.
It is the unit where activities are planned to identify and evaluate pain and other symptoms early in patients who face problems arising due to life-threatening diseases, to alleviate or prevent their suffering by providing medical, psychological, social and spiritual support to these people and their family members, and to improve their quality of life. Patients within the scope of palliative care are admitted to the unit and the quality of care is improved with the support of the patient's relatives. The aim here is to facilitate home care by providing patients' relatives with the necessary skills in care. The involvement of the patient's relatives in the care stages will make the patient feel better.