Tools for Patients, Families & Caregivers

Ask your doctor about palliative care and if it may be right for you and your situation. 

  1. Patients
  2. Families
  3. Caregivers

Ask your doctor about palliative care and if it may be right for you and your situation.  

  • Answer 5 quick questions to explore if palliative care might be right for you.  
  • Palliative Care vs Hospice explains the difference between palliative care and hospice. 
  • Get Palliative Care  offers information for patients and those who matter on what palliative care is and who provides Palliative Care services in your area.
  • The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization offers national resources on palliative care, advanced care planning and caregiver support. 
  • Palliative Doctors contains information and resources on palliative and hospice care. This site includes patient stories illustrating how palliative care can improve quality of life. 

In the following video, we hear from Theresa and Bruce. Theresa is a breast cancer survivor. Together they discuss the role palliative care played, not just in improving Theres'as quality of life, but in supporting the entire family as they live with her chronic condition.