Life-prolonging treatment Related Topics 
Seasons Hospice
APRIL 22, 2025
Type of Treatments Involved Palliative Care may include curative or life-prolonging treatments, depending on the patient’s goals. Hospice Care excludes curative treatments and instead focuses entirely on symptom relief and emotional/spiritual support.
Shining Light Hospice
JUNE 7, 2022
While it is true that in order to qualify for Hospice Services, a patient must be certified with a terminal illness that may end life within six months, it is by no means inferior care. The focus of Hospice Care is not curative, meaning no traditional life prolonging treatment such as chemo or surgery are continued.
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Shining Light Hospice
JUNE 4, 2023
Instead, it’s about shifting the focus from curative treatments to comfort and quality of life. Hospice care can be provided concurrently with curative or life-prolonging treatments in pediatric patients, an approach known as palliative care. Choosing pediatric hospice care is an intensely personal decision.
Pallimed
JANUARY 30, 2021
Ie, is dying in 2 months from untreated cancer alongside suboptimally treated OUD an acceptable alternative to dying in 1 year from properly treated cancer alongside suboptimally treated OUD (for a patient who wants cancer treatment)? Patients with SUD often require multiple engagements with different treatments before achieving remission.
Palliverse
SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
We agreed that CPR would be inappropriate as well as other life-prolonging treatments. We thought our patient was dying and we promised to keep them comfortable. The patient’s spouse told us clearly that they had discussed their wishes for no resuscitation. We were asked how much time was left.
GeriPal
MARCH 30, 2023
It’s at this point where she’s talking about highly aggressive life-prolonging treatment. How can this be, somebody who’s so deeply invested and embedded in hospice and palliative care, caregiver for her mother? What happened here?
Seasons Hospice
MARCH 26, 2023
This type of request is often made by those wishing to avoid life-prolonging treatments such as ventilation or artificial nutrition when there is no hope for recovery. In some cases, the advance directive will indicate that palliative care should be used without limitation until death occurs.
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