Palliative Care vs. Other Services
In order to make your case for palliative care most effective, you will need to differentiate palliative care from related services, such as hospice or geriatrics, offered in your hospital. The following chart will help make the differences clear.
Palliative Care vs. Related Services
| Palliative Care | Geriatrics | Hospice Care | Case Management | |
| Patients Served | Patients of any age, at any stage of advanced and life-threatening illness | Elderly and frail patients | Dying patients of any age | All patients with complex care needs |
| Services Provided | Throughout illness and simultaneous with other treatment, comprehensive, coordinated pain and symptom control, care of psychological and spiritual needs, family support and assistance in making transitions between care settings | Prevention, rehabilitation, disease management, functional assessment, and recovery specific to older adults | At the end of life and when curative treatment not desired or not effective, comprehensive, coordinated pain and symptom control, care of psychological and spiritual needs, family support and assistance in making transitions between care settings. Bereavement care for survivors. | Assists to develop treatment plans guided by benchmarks, pathways and standards |
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