Journal of Palliative Care & Medicine
Open Access

Hospice and Palliative Care is specialized medical care provided for people living with serious illness. It focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stresses of a serious illness and improves the quality of life. The palliative care uses an interdisciplinary team to fully address the needs of patients and families. Nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers and pharmacists work alongside physicians to address psychosocial and spiritual concerns of patients and families in addition to physical symptoms.

Hospice 2019 witnessed an amalgamation of peerless speakers who enlightened the crowd with their knowledge and confabulated on various new-fangled topics related to the field of Hospice and Palliative Care with namely Dr. Sven Jennessen Professor, Humboldt University Berlin Germany.

With the successful completion of Hospice 2019 we are glad to announce our upcoming “7th World Congress” is going to be held during April 15-16, 2020 Tokyo, Japan. The Conference will be organized around the theme “New Innovations & Multidisciplinary Approach to Palliative Care” highlighting the latest and exciting innovations in Hospice Care. Hospice and Palliative Care 2020 is anticipating participation from renowned speakers including researchers, and many from leading universities, Doctors, Nursing Professionals, Specialists in Health and Diagnostic Companies and many from leading universities for presenting their research in the form of Keynote speeches, Oral Presentations, Video presentations, Symposia, Workshops, Poster Presentations, E-Posters and Exhibitions covering a range of topics and important issues which may be helpful for us all from the research to the practical implementations.

Hospice and Palliative Care is specialized medical care provided for people living with serious illness. It focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stresses of a serious illness and improves the quality of life. The palliative care uses an interdisciplinary team to fully address the needs of patients and families. Nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers and pharmacists work alongside physicians to address psychosocial and spiritual concerns of patients and families in addition to physical symptoms. The main Difference in Hospice and Palliative care is Hospice care is reserved for terminally ill patients when treatment is no longer curative during the last 6 months of life, assuming the disease takes its normal course. Palliative care can be employed while the patient is continuing active treatment through different phases of their life limiting condition.

Hospice has 4 levels of care: routine home care, general inpatient care, continuous care, and respite care. Most hospice care is routine home care, delivered in the patient's residence to ensure comfort and avoid hospitalization. The expansion of primary palliative care delivered by PCPs will greatly promote symptom management and quality of life for patients throughout the course of a life-threatening illness, not just at the end. Palliative care is a resource for anyone living with a serious illness, such as heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and many others. Palliative care can be helpful at any stage of illness and is best provided from the point of diagnosis.

Roy Lee Program Manager | Hospice 2020

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