Why Palliative Care?
Palliative Care is an evolving medical specialty focused on relief of pain, fear, anxiety and other debilitating symptoms of serious illness. Palliative Care advocates for the dignity of the patient and family during medical treatments. The goal is to pull resources together, improve communication, and create a team to provide compassionate and individualized care.
Embracing the philosophy of Palliative Care, the Partnership was
formed in 2003 to make Palliative Care an available health care
option in our communities.
Coaching Available
Illness can overwhelm us and seem like a never-ending crisis. The Partnership for Palliative Care can put you in touch with coaches, who will help to resplve individual situations by guiding you to the knowledge you need to make the choices that are necessary and right for you.
These coaches will provide information about care options and answer your questions. They will also speak with your physicians if it is requested.
Our coaches are volunteers and the service is free.
Coaches are available by phone only.
Call 518-822-8820 and ask for NY Connects, Columbia County, and Palliative Care Help.
Donations are welcomed.To make a donation to the coaching service, go to the home page where there is a link to "Donate Now."
For more information, call the Healthcare Consortium
(518) 822-8820.
Have You Taken Steps To Assure That Your Wishes Will Be Honored?
Have you selected someone to make health care decisions for you if you are unable to speak for yourself?
Have you put your wishes about the care you desire in writing?
If you have already completed these documents, have they been stored where your loved ones and healthcare providers can find them?
The Healthcare Consortium, Columbia Memorial Hospital and The Community Hospice of Columbia & Greene Counties are sponsoring participation in www.Assuringyourwishes.org a free, secure on-line service that enables you to store your advance directives where your healthcare providers can get them when they are needed most. Visit this website, www.Assuringyourwishes.org, to get the forms you need, or call The Community Hospice at 943-5402 and they will send you what you need.
You can register your advance directives by mailing copies of your completed documents to: Assuring Your Wishes, c/o The Community Hospice, 47 Liberty St, Catskill NY 12414. Your processed documents and a wallet ID card will be returned to you by US mail.
If you have already stored your documents with www.Assuringyourwishes.org, show your ID card to your healthcare providers so that they can retrieve your documents and include them in your medical records.
Call 943-5402 for assistance or additional information.