Find the Right Hospice Agency with Palliative Care Program
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Hospice Austin
Austin, TX
(Family Experience)
(71)
Years Serving Texas
Amedisys Hospice - Austin
Austin, TX
(Family Experience)
(72)
Years Serving Texas
Hope Hospice
New Braunfels, TX
(Family Experience)
(30)
Years Serving Texas
Hospice El Paso
El Paso, TX
(Family Experience)
(70)
Years Serving Texas
Hospice Care Team - Texas City
Texas City, TX
(Family Experience)
(45)
Years Serving Texas
Hospice of Midland
Midland, TX
(Family Experience)
(16)
Years Serving Texas
Hospice of Odessa
Odessa, TX
(Family Experience)
(6)
Years Serving Texas
The Hospice of East Texas - Longview
Longview, TX
(Family Experience)
(4)
Years Serving Texas
The Hospice of East Texas - Tyler
Tyler, TX
(Family Experience)
(78)
Years Serving Texas
VNA Hospice Care - Ann's Haven
Denton, TX
(Family Experience)
(2)
Years Serving Texas
VNA Hospice Care - Collin Branch
McKinney, TX
(Family Experience)
(5)
Years Serving Texas
VNA Hospice Care - Dallas
Dallas, TX
(Family Experience)
(9)
Years Serving Texas
VNA Hospice Care - East Texas Branch
Kaufman, TX
(Family Experience)
(2)
Years Serving Texas
VNA Hospice Care - Fort Worth Branch
Fort Worth, TX
(Family Experience)
(0)
Years Serving Texas
DHC Home Health & Hospice
Lubbock, TX
(Family Experience)
(6)
Years Serving Texas
CC Young Hospice
Dallas, TX
(Family Experience)
(0)
Years Serving Texas
Community Care Services Hospice
Dublin, TX
(Family Experience)
(5)
Years Serving Texas
Hendrick Hospice Care
Abilene, TX
(Family Experience)
(54)
Years Serving Texas
Cedar Lake Home Health And Hospice
Trinidad, TX
(Family Experience)
(21)
Years Serving Texas
Hemphill County Hospice
Canadian, TX
(Family Experience)
(5)
Years Serving Texas
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Palliative Care Providers
Nonprofit Organizations
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With Veterans Programs
Offering Pediatric Care
Spanish-Speaking
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:
- β’Earlier Intervention: Palliative care can begin at any stage of serious illness, not just when life expectancy is limited
- β’Concurrent Treatment: Can be provided alongside curative treatments, allowing patients to pursue treatment while receiving symptom management
- β’Symptom Management: Focus on managing pain, nausea, fatigue, and other symptoms to improve quality of life
- β’Care Coordination: Help navigating complex medical decisions and coordinating care between multiple specialists
- β’Family Support: Emotional and practical support for families dealing with serious illness
- β’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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