Palliative Care: Addressing Symptom Management in Pulmonary Patients - Helen Sorenson & Paul Selecky

Palliative care is an important component of providing patient-centric care. Though respiratory therapists are vital to the complete care delivery process, they may not be comfortable with the conversation. This presentation will identify the role of palliative care in patients with chronic pulmonary illnesses across the age spectrum and provide insight into the challenges in and barriers to providing palliative care. The role of the respiratory therapist in palliative care is discussed as well.
Lecturer: Helen Sorenson and Paul Selecky, MD
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[@LadyPashta]

I am a patient suffering with two incurable pain conditions and according to everything I have read I definitely qualify for it, yet I'm having a very hard time getting palliative care. If palliative care clinics do not take patients like me, who aren't dying immediately, then there really is no difference between palliative care and hospice. My conditions CAN limit lifespan, but they are rare and not much is known about them, but I have so many symptoms and 24/7 pain, my life is extremely disrupted and so are my family member's lives. How do I get help, PLEASE??