If your elderly family member is dealing with chronic health problems you already know how complicated it can all feel. Your senior may also have a variety of healthcare providers, making things even more complex. Having a way to resolve those complications in a way that’s beneficial for everyone involved is vital.
Talking about Treatment Plans and Needs
When your senior is dealing with health changes, especially ones related to chronic health issues, it’s vital that she’s got someone who is able to get everyone on the same page as quickly as possible. Palliative care providers are able to work with your senior’s entire medical team and talk about what’s going on and what she needs. They can also do this in a way that centers your senior in the conversation. That can help immensely when you’re trying to make sure she’s getting the right care.
Putting Together Solid Treatment Plans Going Forward
With everyone on the same page, it’s a lot easier to ensure that your elderly family member has an entire plan laid out for her treatment. As your senior’s situation changes, having a plan in place ensures that there isn’t a lot of going back and forth to get everything running smoothly again. Your elderly family member is able to have her symptoms under control, even if the approach needs to change.
Coordinating Care Across the Board
Depending on your senior’s health issues and goals, palliative care (also called supportive care) can ensure that all of the various specialists and treatments work together. It can be so difficult to coordinate all sorts of different types of care. When you’re not having to sort through it all, you’re better able to just be there for your elderly family member.
Supporting Your Senior and Family Members with Emotional Needs
There is so much that happens emotionally when a family member is dealing with a chronic illness. Those feelings and that stress don’t just go away because you and other family members are busy. Having some help managing those emotions and being able to develop positive coping strategies is crucial. Working with palliative providers can make a huge difference for your entire family.
Explore the various ways that this type of care can help your elderly family member to cope with the changes she’s experiencing now and work toward a plan for the future. Knowing that she’s in good hands can help you to relax, as well.
If you or an aging loved-one is considering palliative care in north Texas, please contact the knowledgeable staff at Arcy Supportive Care today. 469-348-0670.
My name is Jimmie Stapleton. I am the founder and CEO of Arcy Healthcare. Arcy Healthcare includes Arcy Hospice, Arcy Supportive Care, MaximaCare Home Health and Arcy at Home.
Arcy Hospice was opened in 2007 to provide care and support for individuals and families facing a life limiting illness. It was established after my wife Ellen, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, had completed her chemo and radiation therapies. At that time, things were looking positive, and we wanted to do something for our community that had been so supportive of our family during her treatments. Unfortunately, the cancer returned a few years later, and she subsequently passed away under our care in 2010.
In the years that followed, I began to see the need to provide the same level of excellent care to patients across the continuum of care. Therefore, we have added a home health division (MaximaCare Home Health), a palliative care division (Arcy Supportive Care), and a home care division, (Arcy at Home). With the addition of these divisions, we can meet most of the post-acute care needs for you and your family in your home.
I started Arcy Hospice with my wife as my motivation to provide exceptional care and support in the patient’s home, where they are surrounded by family and where they feel most comfortable. I’m proud to say that our staff provides some of the best in home care in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Please let us know if we can enrich the quality of life for you or a loved one.
Sincerely,
Jimmie Stapleton – Founder and CEO
Arcy Healthcare
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