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Showing 20 of 172 providers
Hospice Austin
Austin, TX
(Family Experience)
(73)
Sonder Hospice
Austin, TX
(Family Experience)
(24)
Uvalde Hospice
Uvalde, TX
(Family Experience)
(2)
Gentiva - Livingston
Livingston, TX
(Family Experience)
(124)
Accord Palliative and Hospice Care
Dallas, TX
(Family Experience)
(17)
BeyondFaith Hospice - Weatherford
Weatherford, TX
(Family Experience)
(228)
Lovewell Hospice
Allen, TX
(Family Experience)
(53)
The Hospice of East Texas - Longview
Longview, TX
(Family Experience)
(4)
The Hospice of East Texas - Tyler
Tyler, TX
(Family Experience)
(90)
BeyondFaith Hospice - Graham
Graham, TX
(Family Experience)
(446)
Covenant Health At Home With Compassus, Hospice of Lubbock
Lubbock, TX
(Family Experience)
(27)
Gentiva - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
(Family Experience)
(29)
Gentiva - Mineral Wells
Mineral Wells, TX
(Family Experience)
(11)
Gentiva - Brownwood
Brownwood, TX
(Family Experience)
(6)
Gentiva - El Paso
El Paso, TX
(Family Experience)
(18)
Gentiva - Temple
Temple, TX
(Family Experience)
(34)
Crown Hospice - Victoria
Victoria, TX
(Family Experience)
(27)
Gentiva - Georgetown
Georgetown, TX
(Family Experience)
(21)
Gentiva - San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
(Family Experience)
(26)
Tender Care Home Health & Hospice
El Paso, TX
(Family Experience)
(95)
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Palliative Care Providers
Nonprofit Organizations
With Inpatient Facilities
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:
- •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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