"Palliative Care It's more than you think."
The theme of this year’s National Palliative Care Week, which begins on Sunday, addresses the many benefits of offering quality palliative care. Many of us do not understand what palliative care is. It’s about improving quality of life. It’s embracing what matters most to people with a life limiting illness and their families. An incurable illness that shortens life has a huge impact. It is natural to feel fear, anxiety, anger and loss. Care of the whole person and their loved ones helps. This includes their physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual wellbeing. The aims of palliative c...