Palliative Care Medicine program

Palliative Care Medicine is a medical specialty that focuses on improving and maintaining quality of life for patients with complex or serious illness.  Palliative care offers a lifeline as people attempt to navigate through uncharted territory providing:

• relief of distressing symptoms such as shortness of breath, pain, anxiety, and spiritual or emotional suffering;
• information to help people accurately understand their condition and options;
• choices to enable people to set their goals for treatment and make decisions about care, to advocate for their goals and ensure that their values and beliefs guide their care; and
• continuity with familiar people working with patients and families day after day as they move from one unit to another or are re-admitted.

Philanthropic Need:

• $250,000 in annual program support
• $4 million endowment