St. Joseph's Chippewa Falls Services In-Patient Palliative Care
St Joseph Chippewa Falls Service Inpatient Palliative Care

In-Patient Palliative Care

Providing physical, emotional and spiritual support

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious, chronic and life-threatening illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of illness—whatever the diagnosis.

The goal is to improve the quality of life and provide for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of people and families facing serious illness. Palliative care at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is free of charge and open to anyone who has a life limiting, advanced illness or injury, whether active treatment has been completed or is just beginning.

Palliative care can begin as soon as someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, and can take place at the same time they continue to pursue a cure. 

Palliative care doesn't signal that a person has given up hope for a recovery. Instead, it offers patients a way to better understand their condition and choices for care. It improves their ability to tolerate medical treatments and offers them and their families the ability to carry on with everyday life. 

For more information, call us at 715-717-4543.

Palliative Care Services

 

We are dedicated to providing services that bring comfort and support to people with life-limiting illnesses.

Many people who seek our services have cancer, others may have advanced disease of the lung, heart or liver, advanced dementia, life-threatening stroke, advanced age, or head injury.Our services are open to all with life-limiting illnesses at no charge. Services include:

  • Monitoring pain and other symptoms.
  • Providing emotional support and education.
  • Helping individuals and their families determine their desire for care and communicating those wishes to clinicians caring for the patient.
  • Watching over patients who are dying at the hospital and supporting their family through the process.
  • Providing planning and care for those who wish to return home for their last days.
  • Providing continuity of care and being available during every hospital admission and between hospitalizations for support or assistance by phone.
  • Assisting with completion of advance directive documents.
  • Helping find resources for financial issues or concerns.

Palliative Care Team

 

Our team includes: 

  • An advanced practice nurse certified in hospice and palliative nursing 

  • A counselor licensed in marriage and family therapy 

  • A clinical social worker 

  • A board-certified palliative medicine physician 

The team works with the patient’s entire team of physicians to provide an extra layer of support. This support is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness.