Understanding Palliative Care

The conversation about when to switch your loved one’s plan of care from curative to palliative treatment can be full of emotion. The news that the illness your loved one has is not curable will be devastating, but this does not mean the end of the road for your loved ones.  Many people fail to consider palliative care as an option due to the lack of information about the service. When is the right time to enroll for palliative care? What are some of the benefits of palliative care?