Bridging the Gap
between pain management and a better quality of life
Chronic or serious illness should not define who you are or how you live your life. It is possible to relieve pain and manage symptoms to improve your quality of life. That’s when CareBridge Services can help, by providing palliative care to patients in southwest Ohio.
The CareBridge Palliative Care team helps to reduce the pain, stress and discomfort of chronic and serious illnesses. CareBridge Services strives to provide the highest level of care, comfort, compassion, safety and emotional support to patients and their families so they are able to live more meaningful and productive lives.
What’s the difference between hospice care and palliative care?
It’s easy to confuse hospice and palliative care, as they are quite similar. While the main focus of each is to ease the symptoms of incurable illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, lung disease, dementia, kidney failure and more — hospice care is typically reserved for those with less than six months to live.
Palliative Care
- Anyone with a serious illness
- Care is focused on treating disease symptoms to make patients more comfortable, and can begin as early as the diagnosis Patients can continue treatment for the illness, but don’t have to
- Treatment can occur in patients’ homes, hospitals, nursing homes or assisted living facilities
- Some private insurance companies will pay for palliative care, but it depends on the individual’s plan and what type of treatment is necessary
- Medicare may cover palliative care charges, but it depends on specific needs (such as medication or length of treatment)
Hospice Care
- Anyone with a terminal illness
- Doctors have identified the disease isn’t responding to treatments and the patient is expected to live for less than six months Patients’ care focuses on symptoms alone rather than a cure
- Treatment can occur in patients’ homes, hospice care centers, hospitals, nursing homes or assisted living facilities
- Many private insurance companies will pay for hospice care, but it depends on the individual’s plan
- Medicare covers all hospice care charges with a physician's referral
Looking for relief from pain and distressing symptoms?
Discover more about palliative services with CareBridge Primary and Palliative Care of Cincinnati.
Looking for compassionate end-of-life care?
Learn how the team at Hospice of Southwest Ohio can help make life more peaceful.
Are you looking for pain and symptom relief from chronic illness?
CareBridge Primary Care can help.
