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Palliative care

Palliative care focuses on improving your quality of life and relieving symptoms when you are critically ill. This offers you an extra level of comfort whether you are battling a serious medical condition or terminally ill.

Palliative care specialists in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Our providers can help you find potential relief during your treatment for serious illness.

Grand Strand Health is committed to making you as comfortable as possible through palliative care. We also streamline communication between you, your medical team and your loved ones throughout treatment.

Expert advice, available 24/7

Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.

Free health-related information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.

Conditions that benefit from palliative care

There are many reasons why you might need palliative care, such as a history of hospitalizations. Although there is no exhaustive list of illnesses, it might be right for you if you're suffering from a chronic condition such as:

  • AIDS
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
  • Cancer
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Chronic pain or severe discomfort
  • Congestive heart failure (CHF)
  • Nonhealing wounds
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Progressive neurological conditions
  • Recurring infections
  • Renal disease

Our palliative care services

Palliative care can help ease your mental and physical symptoms while treating various conditions. Our providers are here to offer compassionate support and helpful resources.

What is palliative care?

Our palliative care providers work with you to find relief. This holistic approach can include complex physical pain and symptom management. We can also address your emotional, psychosocial, spiritual and financial concerns. This can be helpful at any stage of illness but is most effective when provided from the point of diagnosis.

Palliative care focuses on:

  • Medical care — Information and services
  • Social support — Facilitating support from family members and loved ones
  • Emotional care — Support groups and counseling
  • Spiritual services — Religious support and counseling
  • Mental healthcare — Counseling, meditation and help with sleep disorders, anxiety or depression
  • Financial support — Help finding free or low-cost medicine
  • Physical care — Help managing pain and fatigue

Although palliative care is primarily provided in the hospital setting, it can be provided at home and sometimes even in outpatient clinics. Your estimated life expectancy does not determine your eligibility for palliative care; you can benefit from it anytime.

Who provides palliative care?

We will collaborate with your medical team throughout the treatment process. A board-certified clinician will create a care plan and set goals depending on your condition and needs. Your care team may include:

  • Chaplains
  • Counselors
  • Hospice clinicians
  • Music therapists
  • Registered dietitians
  • Social workers

What is the difference between palliative care and hospice care?

Palliative and hospice care are not the same service. Unlike hospice, palliative care does not discontinue curative treatment nor require your illness to be end-stage or terminal.

Bereavement Resources

Myrtle Beach

Grief Share

Carolina Forest Community Church – Max Hudson: (304) 320-4106

Grand Strand Baptist Church – Jeanne Hinson: (843) 274-7046

Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic Church – Marybeth Singer: (774) 217-1958

Faith Presbyterian Church – Judd Ryan: (302) 388-3707

Ocean View Baptist Church – Jim Swierenga: (843) 449-3384

Beach Church – (843) 236-9700

Saint Andrew Catholic Church – (843) 448-5930

Horry/Georgetown

Bereaved Parents of the USA:

Chapter Leader – Sharon Doehner

(919) 271-2568

Email Sharon Doehner

Tidelands Community Hospice Bereavement Support Groups:

Harrison Grey: (843) 546 - 3410

Georgetown: (843) 546 - 3410

Myrtle Beach: (843) 839 - 3410

Toll-Free: (888) 922 - 3410

National

Star Legacy Foundation

(952) 715 - 7731

Star Legacy Foundation's Peer Companions program is available to anyone who would like to talk to someone who has experienced infant death. This program is open to and designed for all types of perinatal loss and available to all affected by the death of a baby.

Good-Grief

Children, teens, and families learn from each other as they adapt and rebuild their lives. Good Grief builds resilience in children, strengthens families and empowers communities to grow from loss and adversity.

(908) 522 - 1999

Support for Suicide Loss Survivors

SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education)

Myrtle Beach

Laura Durham (843) 443 - 7765

Email Laura Durham

Murrells Inlet

Jo (843) 446 - 4441

Email Jo

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