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Donna Solis-Traicoff says palliative care
consists of conversations that occur over and
over for the extent of the patient's lifetime
to determine his or her wishes and the best
course of care. "Whatever their need, we work
with their doctors to see that they are taken
care of, from bringing in their family members
to symptom management."

Nurse practitioner Jennifer Sarkey,
on staff at St. Mary Medical Center in
Hobart, says the palliative care team
tries to get involved with the patient as
early as possible in his or her care plan.
"When patients are undergoing initial treatment for their chronic condition, you start with conversations about

advance care planning, education and
preparing for the future," she says. "As
time and their disease progresses, we
can help to make that transition easier."
Palliative care involves bringing
together an interdisciplinary team
of doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers and chaplains
to meet each patient's unique needs,
Sarkey adds.
"Those relationships and a personal
touch are a huge part of treatment.
Connecting the dots in care are what
we do to treat the whole person."

Helping Maintain
Quality of Life

Nurse practitioner Jennifer
Sarkey says the palliative care
team tries to get involved with
patients undergoing treatment
for chronic conditions as early
as possible in their care plan.
"As time and their disease
progresses, we can help to
make that transition easier."

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W IN TER 2 0 1 9

Negrete says her husband always said
he had nine lives, but he also knew
they were running out. Even so, with
the help of palliative care, he was able
to enjoy visits home with his family.
He was home for two months around
Christmas 2018, went back to the
hospital Jan. 4 and came home on
Valentine's Day. He went back to the
hospital on April 25 for the last time
before he died on May 4.
His wife says that she will always be
grateful for the support she received

from the palliative care team and that
she wished she had known about palliative care sooner.
"It really helped us to help him," she
says. "I finally found the support that I
needed and I wasn't going to let go. We
still keep in touch today."
Palliative care is about guiding
patients and their loved ones through a
process, LeVin says.
"It helps move forward from curative
care to disease-based care to maintaining comfort and quality of life," LeVin
says. "We recognize that we have a
unique opportunity to make a difference
in the lives of family members and help
our patients have good outcomes as far
as their wishes are concerned." ■
WEBSITE

More About
Palliative Care
For more information about
palliative care at the hospitals of
Community Healthcare System,
visit COMHS.org.



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