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Care That Supports You, Wherever You Are
Palliative Care helps you live more comfortably, giving you the medical, social and emotional support you need to live your best life. We support a vision of palliative care without walls — where patients receive high-quality, compassionate care across every setting: hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care, home health, hospice, and outpatient environments.
Integrated Palliative Medicine
NJ Palliative Care Solutions, in collaboration with RWJ Barnabas Health, VNA Health Group, Complete Care Skilled Nursing Facilities and Grace Healthcare Services, is a palliative care program that provides specialized care focused on the management of symptoms and enhancement of quality of life in those living with a chronic or serious medical illness. The program can help you and your family better understand your illness and make the healthcare choices that are right for you.
At NJ Palliative Care Solutions, we understand that navigating serious illness can feel overwhelming. You don’t have to do it alone.
That’s why we’ve created a dedicated Resources Page—a place where patients and families can find helpful information, guidance, and support services all in one place.
Our goal is to make it easier for you to access the tools and information you need when you need them most.
Frequently Asked Questions
Palliative medicine is a medical specialty, similar to cardiology or orthopedics, that focuses on caring for people with serious illness. It is designed to improve quality of life by managing symptoms, supporting complex medical decisions, and aligning care with a patient’s goals. Palliative care can be provided alongside other treatments at any stage of illness and is delivered by a specialized team trained in serious illness care.
Hospice care is both a medical benefit and a philosophy of care designed for individuals who are nearing the end of life, typically with a life expectancy of six months or less. It focuses on comfort, dignity, and quality of life rather than curative treatment. While palliative care can be provided at any stage of a serious illness, hospice care is specifically for those who are no longer seeking curative care and want support centered on comfort and end-of-life needs.
Palliative medicine focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. It is provided by a specially trained team of doctors and advanced practice providers who work together with your other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. The goal is to improve your quality of life. To do this, palliative medicine providers will:
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Relieve your symptoms and distress
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Help you better understand your disease and diagnosis
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Help clarify your treatment goals and options
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Understand and support your ability to cope with your illness
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Assist you with making medical decisions
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Coordinate with your other doctors
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Yes, we offer education, guidance, and emotional support to help them understand your illness, make informed choices, and care for themselves while caring for you. We are here for both you and those who love you.
Goals of care are the personal values, priorities, and wishes that guide medical decisions. Our team helps patients, families, and healthcare providers align treatment plans with what matters most to the patient.
Advance care planning is the process of discussing and documenting future healthcare preferences. It ensures that patients receive the kind of care they want — especially during times when they may not be able to speak for themselves.
Palliative care is available in a number of places. More and more, palliative care is available outside of the hospital in the places where you live. You, your doctor and the palliative care team can discuss outpatient palliative care or palliative care at home. Some hospitals also offer outpatient palliative care even if you have not been in the hospital.
Palliative care providers have specialized training in symptom-based treatment and focus on improving your quality of life. We work in partnership with your medical team. We also focus on helping you and your caregivers cope with stressors that can come with serious illness as well as assisting with difficult medical decisions and conversations.
Yes, Palliative Medicine is covered by commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.