716-989-2475
Fax
716-901-0192
Primary Services
Palliative Care
Description
Focuses on the relief of symptoms and stress associated with serious illness, whatever the diagnosis, with the goal of improving quality of life for patients and their families. Palliative Care is appropriate at any point in an illness and can be provided along with other treatments.
Home Connections services include:
- Pain and symptom management
- Education about the disease
- Advice on living with serious, progressive illness
- Development of care goals
- Coping strategies to deal with treatment side effects
- Help with coordinating patient care
- Navigation of the medical system
- Assistance with advance care planning
Examples of illnesses and issues that palliative care has helped include:
- Advanced heart disease, including congestive heart failure
- Advanced lung disease, including COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and pulmonary fibrosis
- Cancer, whether or not the patient is undergoing active treatment with radiation or chemotherapy
- Serious progressive neurological diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s disease
- Repeated hospitalizations or emergency department visits
Home Connections services include:
- Pain and symptom management
- Education about the disease
- Advice on living with serious, progressive illness
- Development of care goals
- Coping strategies to deal with treatment side effects
- Help with coordinating patient care
- Navigation of the medical system
- Assistance with advance care planning
Examples of illnesses and issues that palliative care has helped include:
- Advanced heart disease, including congestive heart failure
- Advanced lung disease, including COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and pulmonary fibrosis
- Cancer, whether or not the patient is undergoing active treatment with radiation or chemotherapy
- Serious progressive neurological diseases such as Lou Gehrig’s disease
- Repeated hospitalizations or emergency department visits
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm.
On-Call Nurse Support: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
On-Call Nurse Support: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Eligibility
Patients with serious medical conditions and/or chronic illnesses.
Service Area: WNY.
Service Area: WNY.
Intake Process
Call.
Program Fees
Services are covered in full by Univera as well as many of the BlueCross BlueShield and Independent Health plans; eligibility will be determined on referral. Individual may also self-pay.
Date of Official Change
Sep 16, 2020
Contacts
General Contact (Primary)
HCrequest@palliativecare.org
716-989-2475