At Visiting Angels in Boston, we offer certified palliative care at home to provide non-medical support for your loved one when they are diagnosed with chronic conditions. Our compassionate caregivers help manage their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well being during periods of serious illness.

Certified Palliative Care at Home

Palliative care brings a great deal of comfort and aims to improve the quality of life for individuals living with chronic illnesses. While it is often confused with hospice care, palliative care is offered at any stage of a chronic illness no matter the life expectancy, even during medical treatment for their condition.

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Even though Visiting Angels caregivers do not provide medical support, we watch over your loved one at home (or in assisted living facilities and long-term care residences).

Who Benefits from Palliative Care?

Palliative care is ideal for adults managing serious illnesses or chronic disease. It is very helpful during any stage of the condition to make medical treatments a little more tolerable or to reduce suffering during the later stages of a life-threatening illness. Our palliative care services can make a meaningful difference for people with:

• Cancer
• Heart disease
• Kidney or liver failure
• Lung disease (Emphysema)
• Multiple sclerosis
• Newborn abnormalities
• Neurological conditions such as Parkinson's, ALS, dementia, or Alzheimer’s Disease
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Congestive heart failure (CHF)

In addition to dedicated home care services, we also offer a customized program for end-of-life care should your family be facing this difficult event.

About Our Palliative Caregivers

At Visiting Angels in Boston, our personal care assistants (PCAs) do go through specialized palliative care training that teaches them how to address the physical and emotional needs of a chronically-ill person. Families just like yours have come to know and trust our home care and find it reassuring knowing their loved one is in good hands. We cultivate a unique understanding; an empathy, toward seniors and their families especially during the greatest time of need like battling chronic disease. We are here to provide expertise and assistance throughout the home care journey.

Confusion Between Palliative Care and Hospice

We often have to explain the differences between hospice, or end-of-life care and palliative care because they are very similar. But, palliative care can start any time after the diagnosis of a chronic illness whereas hospice care is reserved for those facing the end of their lives and medical treatments no longer work.

Boston Visiting Angels provides both palliative care and customized end-of-life care programs, where the caregiver training varies somewhat to be able to know what to do when a client has passed.

Contact us or call 617-995-3737 to request more information about palliative care at home.