Chronic and advanced illness
Care Navigation Help DeskOur care navigators can identify and directly coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet your needs and wishes. Call 651-635-9173 or 1-800-261-0879. Advance care planningAdvance care planning helps anyone, healthy or sick, communicate their wishes for medical treatment. This planning process will clarify what your family and friends need to know if you become unable to make health care decisions for yourself. Palliative carePalliative care is for anyone in any stage of a chronic or advanced illness. It treats pain and other physical symptoms, as well as emotional and spiritual concerns. Hospice careHospice care is for anyone with a life-limiting illness and whose life expectancy is determined to be six months or less if the disease runs it natural course. The hospice team's focus is to enhance the quality of life wherever the person calls home. SeniorCare TransitionsSeniorCare Transitions helps patients who need medical care in transitional care units and nursing homes. We work with patients and their families to provide routine care, manage medical problems, monitor rehabilitation and plan for discharge. |