What is Palliative Care?

This episode, host Dr. Millicent Burke-Sinclair talks to Four Seasons Chief Clinical Operations Officer Rikki Hooper about what Palliative Care is, how it's different from Hospice, and how it can help those suffering from diseases including Alzheimer's and other types of dementia, COPD, kidney failure, cancer or heart failure, among others. She discusses how Palliative Care is a supportive type of care that is provided along side other treatments and in collaboration with your other specialists. Listen to learn more.If you live in Western North Carolina and are in need of Hospice or Palliative Care, please call Four Seasons, The Care You Trust toll free at 866.466.9734 or visit us online at FourSeasonsCare.org. Thank you for listening!