Palliative care focuses on reducing disease symptoms and improving quality of life. It aims to prevent and relieve suffering for patients and families facing life-threatening illness through early assessment and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial and spiritual problems. Palliative care provides three categories of support: pain management using pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods, symptom management, and emotional and spiritual support for patients and their families.

2. Presented by
Anjali Binu
Fourth year BSc Nursing
Holy Cross college of nursing Adoor

3. Palliative care is any form of care or treatment that
focuses on reducing the severity of disease
symptoms.
Palliative care is a term derived from Latin word ‘’
Palliare‘’ means ‘’to cloak’’ .

4. “ An approach that improves the quality of life of
patients and their families facing the problems
associated with life threatening illness, through the
prevention and relief of suffering by means of early
identification and impeccable assessment and
treatment of pain and other problems, physical,
psychosocial,and spiritual.”
(WHO)

5. To improve quality of life
To treat symptoms at end of life
To provide support for the grieving family
To promote comfort
Avoid the avoidable suffering

6. Three categories of support;
1. Pain management
2. Symptom management
3. Emotional and spiritual support

7. 1.PAIN MANAGEMENT
Pharmacological management
WHO ANALGESIC
LADDER

8. Non pharmacological management
1. Massage
2. Yoga
3. Music therapy
4. Heat and cold application
5. Positioning and repositioning
6. Spiritual practices, etc

9. 2. SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

10. 3. EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL
SUPPORT
Important for both the patient and family in dealing
with the emotional demands of critical illness.

11. Inadequate training of health care personnel
Inadequate standards of care
Lack of accountability
Lack of appropriate information and resources
Lack of investment in research