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A Complete Guide to Palliative Care in India: Benefits, Process & Support
Palliative care is one of the most compassionate and impactful services of healthcare, yet it is the least known form of care and support systems of cancer care. In India, the role of palliative care and its awareness in cancer patients is growing. However, many patients and their families still struggle to find reliable, affordable, and high-quality care services.
In this article, we aim to simplify what exactly palliative care is, how it helps, how the process works, why to choose Oncare, and how it makes a meaningful contribution in your treatment phase!
What is Palliative Care?
Palliative care is specialized medical care generally used for serious and complex medical conditions. These care services mainly focus on improving the quality of life for both patients and their families by providing relief from the cancer symptoms, along with pain, and stress. This care and support can be provided at any stage of an illness, including cancer, not just the end of patients lives and is often used alongside curative treatments.
These care team focuses on:
- Relief from pain, comfort, and symptoms
- Improving quality of life for both patients and caregivers
- Emotional, psychological, and spiritual support
- Helping patients live as comfortably and fully as possible
Why palliative care matters in Cancer Care
Palliative care is significant in India because families often lack self-awareness about supportive health care options, often leading to delayed treatment access and unnecessary suffering due to cancer symptoms. India’s high-rising cancer incidence often needs the awareness of this care team.
Generally, the heavy financial and emotional burden of being diagnosed with cancer and its treatment expenses is placed on the cancer patients and their caregivers. Many households in India struggle to manage cancer treatments effectively.
Key benefits of Palliative Care?
Pain and symptom management
An experienced healthcare team helps to manage symptoms of cancer patients including pain, fatigue, nausea, breathlessness, anxiety and depression.
Improving the overall quality of life
This care team focuses on personalized comfort, care and independence of patients.
Support for families
Caregivers receive guidance from experienced doctors, offer counselling, and help manage responsibilities, reducing the stress of patients.
Emotional and psychological wellbeing
There are trained specialists who work in palliative teams who help cancer patients to deal with fear, uncertainty, and emotional distress.
Coordinated cancer care
These care teams work along with oncologists to ensure the right treatment for the patients. The care team helps to balance care and extra attention to patients. They are trained to offer care and comfort to patients for relief from symptoms or side effects of the treatments.
How does Palliative care work
Here are the steps of how palliative care works in cancer care in India, including:
Step 1: Patient Assessment
First of all, the doctors evaluate a patient's overall health condition, symptoms, needs, and treatment preferences.
Step 2: Patient care planning
Your healthcare team often designs a personalized treatment plan focusing on relief, comfort, emotional support, nutrition, and movement.
Step 3: Treatment & Support
This can include the use of medications, physiotherapy, counseling, nutritional guidance, and ongoing patient monitoring during their treatment journey.
These care plans evolve with the patient’s changing needs, ensuring consistent comfort and support.
Why choose Oncare Cancer Center for Palliative care?
Oncare is immensely committed to offering compassionate, affordable, and accessible cancer care. We make it easier for both patients and families.
Here’s why you should choose Oncare, following:
Experienced oncology-led palliative care:
Oncare’s healthcare team is supervised by highly trained oncology specialists. Our care team is effective at symptom management and offering comfort and support to all cancer patients.
Comprehensive cancer care and support:
Oncare’s palliative care team offers services that reduce pain and symptoms, control emotional and psychological counseling, provide nutrition support, offer physiotherapy, and assist caregivers.
Affordable and transparent cost:
Oncare provides affordability without compromising the quality of treatments. Patients receive premium quality cancer treatments, and the costs are transparent, without any hidden charges. At Oncare, we make sure that cancer treatments are accessible to all.
Personalized, patient-centric approach:
At Oncare, we understand every patient’s unique needs and values. We value their comfort, and treatment preferences are being considered. We focus on creating plans with immense empathy and continuous communication.
Comfortable, healing environment:
We are committed to providing a healing and comfortable environment to patients and their families. From consultation to supportive care facilities, Oncare provides a warm, patient-friendly atmosphere that reduces anxiety and emotional distress.
Who should consider palliative care
Palliative care and support is ideal for patients with:
- Cancer (at any stage)
- Advanced illness causing pain and discomfort
- Emotional and psychological discomfort
- Difficulty in managing daily activities
- Need for extra care and family support
If you or any loved ones of yours are diagnosed with cancer or undergoing cancer treatment, these care teams can significantly improve treatment tolerance and overall well-being of the patients.
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Palliative care is not only about managing the symptoms of cancer; it's about improving the quality of cancer patients' lives, offering care and comfort, and empowering their families throughout the treatment phase. Choosing the right care partner can transform the entire treatment journey. Oncare stands out for its affordability, expertise, and immense commitment to patients’ overall well-being.
At Oncare, we offer premium-quality cancer treatments, including advanced cancer surgeries, at an affordable price range with an experienced cancer specialist consultation.
If you or any loved ones of yours are diagnosed with cancer, then visit Oncare Cancer Center and book an appointment with our experienced cancer specialist today. Get an estimated cost of your cancer treatments today!
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the key benefits of palliative care, including:
- Symptom management in cancer patients
- Improved quality of life
- Holistic support
- Open communication and treatment planning
- Cost effectiveness
Here is the process of palliative care in India, this involves multiple levels of care and range of medical professionals.
- Identification and assessment
- Treatment planning and delivery, including home-based care and outpatient or inpatient care.
- Ongoing patient support and reassessment
- End-of-life care for cancer patients
Here are the support schemes of palliative care in India, including:
Government Initiatives: The National Programme for Palliative Care (NPPC)
Ngos and Non-profit organizations:
- The Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC)
- CanSupport in Delhi
- Bangalore Hospice services
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