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Pain Management & Palliative Care
In-Home Complementary Care
Chronic pain is a widespread problem and remains the most common reason individuals seek health care. As the population ages, more people will need treatment for pain from back disorders, degenerative joint disease, rheumatological conditions, visceral diseases and life-threatening illnesses. To address this need, VNSW has designed a unique Pain Management & Palliative Care Program, a multidisciplinary team of highly-qualified professionals to provide home-based care for those suffering from pain.
Palliative care is for patients whose illness is not responsive to curative treatment. Focus is on the management of pain and other physiological symptoms, as well as psychological, social and spiritual problems. VNSW’s goal is to obtain the best possible quality of life for patients and their caregivers. Unlike hospice, where the focus is on the end-of-life care, palliative care can help patients and their caregivers not only in management of pain, but in other symptoms during the course of the disease, even during active therapy for the underlying illness.
Patients can also be evaluated for home based complementary care, including Therapeutic Massage, Acupuncture, Reflexology, Music Therapy, and Spiritual Counseling. These VNSW services assist patients in obtaining physical, emotional and/or spiritual relief from pain or other symptoms, while obtaining additional relief of pain and other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, without unwanted side effects.
Services
- Hospital or home based evaluation by an Advanced Practice Nurse certified in pain management and palliative care
- Provision of expert pain and symptom management by a team of nurses specially trained in the care of patients with pain and palliative care
- Home health aides to assist with personal care
- Physical and occupational therapy evaluations and treatments
- Mental health nurses to assist with psychological support
- Social workers for psychosocial support and access to community resources
- On-going collaboration and communication with the physician and other disciplines involved in the plan of care
- Referral to pastoral care and other complementary care services as needed
E-mail for more info, or call (914) 682-1480, ext. 764
