Palliative Care

For anyone living with a serious illness, this specialized care helps with quality of life for both the patients and their loved ones. The focus is on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness and is based on needs of the patient, not on the prognosis. We align our care approach with the Age Friendly Health System, focusing on the “4 M’s” - What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility.

1. What Matters is about knowing and aligning care with specific health goals and care preferences.

2. Medication focuses on what medications are necessary and ensuring the medications do not interfere with “what matters” across the settings of care.

3. Mentation focuses on prevention, identification, treatment and management of dementia, depression, delirium and other conditions across the settings of care.

4. Mobility helps to ensure that older adults move safely every day in order to maintain function and do “what matters.”

The Vinney Palliative Care team works together to provide the most appropriate care and support including:

• A ‘layer of support’ providing patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering
• Evaluations and ongoing assessments by a specially trained Palliative Care physician and nurse practitioner
• Expert social worker providing counseling and support
• Coordination with your primary medical team
• Access to our 24/7 non-emergency nurse on-call line

Who are the best candidates for this program?

• Patients with advanced chronic illness (i.e., heart failure, COPD, cancer, dementia)
• Those with repeated hospitalizations, emergency room visits or rehab stays
• Those who experience difficulty leaving their house or apartment

Vinney Palliative Care Team

Our highly-trained team includes:

• Palliative Care Physicians
• Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioners
• Palliative Care Trained Social Workers
• Palliative Care Registered Nurses

How to Reach Us

To learn more about the Palliative Care of Menorah Park program, please contact Vinney Palliative Care at 216-910-2650 or email us at Vinney@menorahpark.org.

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