Erlanger Palliative Care

Helping people with serious illnesses live as well as they can, as long as they can, on their terms.

Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on the unique physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of patients living with serious or life threatening illnesses. It enables the best quality of life by providing patients with relief from the symptoms caused by serious illnesses, including:

• Heart Failure
• Pulmonary Diseases
• Cancer
• Neurologic Conditions including ALS, Dementia, MS, and Stroke
• Liver Disease
• End-stage Kidney Disease
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• HIV/AIDS

We Help with Symptoms, Such As

• Cancer-related pain
• Insomnia
• Nausea/vomiting
• Constipation/diarrhea
• Anxiety/depression
• Shortness of breath
• Edema/swelling
• Fatigue/loss of function