January 24, 2018
Faith Regional Achieves Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award
Faith Regional Among Top 5% in the Nation for Clinical Outcomes.
Palliative medicine is a special kind of patient/family-centered health care that aims to improve quality of life--focusing on management of pain and other troubling symptoms. It is a team approach that includes medical providers, nurses, dieticians, social workers, chaplains, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists to meet patient/family needs on a variety of levels: physical, emotional and social concerns, spiritual, nutrition, cultural values, and beliefs regardless of the stage of the disease. It may be ordered to support curative treatments, life-prolonging therapies, or end-of-life care with attention to patient goals and wishes.
As an important part of comprehensive cancer care, palliative medicine may be ordered if a person is hospitalized. A comprehensive assessment may include the following:
Palliative medicine may be an option for you if you suffer from a serious progressive illness or life-threatening illness while hospitalized for:
Palliative medicine provides help for families and caregivers with community resources, emotional support, spiritual care, disease education, and level of care information.
For those who are terminally ill and can no longer benefit from aggressive hospital treatments, our palliative medicine team assists with transitioning person's to hospice care for comfort care, dignity, and the ongoing celebration of life.
We offer professional health services which have been prescribed by a physician and are performed in the home of a patient.
When medical care cannot offer a cure, hospice provides care, comfort and support for persons with a life-limiting condition as well as their families.
2700 W. Norfolk Ave.
Norfolk NE, 68701
Phone: (402) 371-4880
For more information call (402) 644-7317.
2700 W. Norfolk Ave.
Norfolk, NE 68701
Call: (402) 371-4880
Faith Regional Among Top 5% in the Nation for Clinical Outcomes.
Faith Regional has been named a 2017 Guardian of Excellence Award winner and a 2017 Pinnacle of Excellence Award winner by Press Ganey.
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Faith Regional was one of 823 hospitals to receive an "A" for its commitment to reducing errors, infections, and accidents that can harm patients.
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