Palliative Care

Palliative care helps you — and your loved ones — understand the medical, social and emotional challenges that come with a serious illness. The goal of Tanner’s complex disease management program is to improve the quality of life for patients and their loved ones. We can give you meaningful support, regardless of your age and the stage of your illness. Also called Complex Disease Management, we focus on relieving the pain, symptoms and stress related to treating and managing a disease.

Who benefits from palliative care?

A serious illness brings unique challenges to patients and their loved ones alike. Our program helps when you’re first diagnosed or at a later point in a disease’s progression.

You may benefit from complex disease management if you’ve been diagnosed with:

Cancer
A neurological disease, such as ALS and Parkinson’s disease
Kidney or liver failure
Lung disease or emphysema
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Dementia

How we help

Through our complex disease management program, Tanner helps patients and their loved ones:

Understand a disease and various treatment options
Weigh the risk and benefits of treatments
Navigate difficult transitions, such as to a nursing home, comfort care or hospice program
Designate surrogate decision makers or next of kin
Approach the tough process of advanced care planning

Our multidisciplinary team

Tanner has assembled a multidisciplinary care team to help patients and their families make difficult decisions regarding care and disease progression. Our team includes: