Heart failure (HF) is an increasingly prevalent chronic condition in which the heart is unable to properly pump the blood leading to breathing problems and other symptoms. It often gets worse over time and many people die of the condition.
Symptoms of CHF
- Fatigue and lack of energy
- Dyspnoea
- Depression
- Pain
- Cognitive impairment
- Swollen feet and ankles
Palliative Care For CHF
Palliative care for CHF is specialized medical care provided by a team of physicians who are expert in palliative medicine, patient’s treating cardiologist and support staff. They are well-versed with all the techniques required to navigate the complex healthcare system.
Although palliative care can be given at any age and at any stage of illness but ideally, it should be started as soon as the patient is diagnosed with CHF and be continued throughout the entire course of illness and treatment. It gives best results when given along with curative treatment.
Goals of Palliative Care For CHF
- Perform lymphatic drainage, a technique that reduces leg swelling and its associated pain
- Prescribe medications for pain and other symptoms associated with CHF
- Use non-therapeutic approaches to treat CHF
- Educate patient about how to stand, sit and lie down to improve breathing comfort
- Train patient in the use of fans, relaxation methods, meditation and breathing exercises to decrease any anxiety or panic associated with breathlessness
- Guide patient and his family through the distress of disease
- Manage worse, sudden and unpredictable attacks
Advantages Palliative Care For CHF
- Keep patient and his family well-informed, up to date and in control of the disorder
- Facilitates discussion about health situation between patient, family and the physicians
- Gives realistic idea about the disease, how it works, where it might lead and what it means to the patient and family
- Guides patient and family to make realistic and clear health and care goals
- Facilitates best possible quality of life to the patient and family while living with CHF
In the journey of chronic or long standing illness, patients receive many types of treatments. Repeated hospital admissions become a routine for such advanced stage patients. Unfortunately, even with the best treatment; if illness becomes advanced, palliative care is all that is required. Chronic heart failure, chronic renal failure or chronic kidney failure, bed ridden patients due to neurological disorders, patients on ventilators or liver failure patients commonly need expert medical opinion or assistance at home. ACCN is committed to provide specialist health care at home to all advanced illness patients. Home care is best for stage 4 or last stage illness patients. Earlier patents use to search for nursing homes near me, but now ACCN is all set to provide not only nursing home care but home care products also at home and home becomes care home. The purpose of home health care or home care services is to provide comfort care to the patients. Home health care services include home nurse, junior doctor, specialist doctor and other medical procedures at home. Sometimes home health aide can also work like in home nurse. Most of the health care agencies don’t provide respite care for caregiver, but we do. ACCN provides home care nursing services and doctors for home health for assisted living in Delhi, NCR and other parts of north India. Contact us for arranging home visit or for an appointment at our office.
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Note:-This information should not be used as a substitute for necessary consultations with an Oncologist or Cancer Pain Specialist or Palliative Care Specialist to meet your individual needs. Always consult a medically trained & qualified professional with questions and concerns you have regarding your cancer and cancer related problems.