Mayo Clinic offers appointments in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota and at Mayo Clinic Health System locations.
At Mayo Clinic, an interdisciplinary team of palliative medicine specialists approach each person's case with creativity and empathy. They meet with you and your family to understand your treatment goals and develop a plan that addresses your concerns. Mayo Clinic offers palliative care to people who are hospitalized (inpatient care) as well as those who have returned home after treatment or moved to a care facility (outpatient care).
Our inpatient team works with patients hospitalized on Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota. Palliative care experts provide patients with relief from the symptoms and stress of serious illness while keeping open dialogue between the patient, his or her family and the medical team.
The palliative care team also sees patients and their families on an outpatient basis in the Symptom Management, Pain and Quality of Life Clinic. These outpatient visits often focus on a specific symptom, advance care planning or the stress of living with a serious illness.
Because the focus is often related to pain, the outpatient palliative care team shares offices with the interventional pain clinic. This positions us to aggressively manage pain with multiple strategies. The clinic holds regular office hours and coordinates appointments with your other Mayo Clinic visits.
Support and advice. Palliative care services include support for the many difficult situations and decisions you and your family make when you're facing a serious illness or approaching the end of life.
You and your family may talk with a palliative care social worker, chaplain or other team member about stress, spiritual questions, financial concerns or how your family will cope if a loved one dies. The palliative care specialists may offer guidance or connect you with community resources.
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