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Palliative Care Seniors Tacoma WA | Harbor View AFH
Pain and symptom management | Palliative specialist coordination | Emotional and spiritual support | Quality of life focus | Family education | Works alongside curative treatment | Transition to hospice planning | Comfortable residential setting
Palliative care is not about giving up — it’s about living as well as possible. At Harbor View AFH, we support residents receiving palliative care by focusing on comfort, symptom management, and quality of life, regardless of whether curative treatment continues. This approach can begin at any stage of a serious illness.
What Palliative Care Support Looks Like
Palliative care focuses on comfort and quality of life at any stage of serious illness — it can run alongside curative treatment. Hospice care is a specific type of palliative care for those who have chosen comfort over curative treatment and have a prognosis of six months or less. Both approaches are compatible with life at Harbor View AFH. We support residents through both, and we help families understand the transition when it comes.
Palliative vs. Hospice Care: What's the Difference?
Our palliative care support includes comfort-focused daily care with attention to pain and discomfort, coordination with palliative care specialists and physicians, emotional and spiritual support for residents and families, medication management for pain, nausea, breathlessness, and anxiety, activity support that promotes meaning and enjoyment, family education about the palliative care philosophy, ongoing communication with the resident’s medical team, and seamless transition to hospice care when appropriate.
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