Palliative care
Clarification of terms
Palliative care - what is it?
Palliative care is aimed at people with a severe, progressive, incurable disease for which no treatment can lead to recovery. In this special, holistic care, the focus is now on alleviating distressing symptoms such as pain, in which psychosocial and sometimes even spiritual support can play a role. Palliative care is primarily based on individual needs and wishes of patients in their life situation. The aim is to optimise or maintain the patients' and their relatives' well-being and quality of life as best as possible.
What does outpatient
Palliative care?
Outpatient palliative care means that support is provided at home or in familiar surroundings in a nursing home or hospice. General outpatient palliative care (AAPV) is part of the standard care provided by the German healthcare system and is provided by general practitioners or specialists and/or nursing services or social services. Sometimes an outpatient hospice service provides support.
What is specialized outpatient
Palliative care?
Specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) is outpatient, specialized medical and nursing care for patients suffering from particularly distressing symptoms such as pain, shortness of breath, distressing nausea and vomiting or anxiety, for which general AAPV care is not sufficient. SAPV services are primarily aimed at symptom relief: through the provision of medication or other measures such as pain management, palliative medical treatment using equipment (medication pump), advice and coordination for wounds, bleeding, etc… This special service is mostly aimed at patients in the advanced stages of a tumor disease or a cardiovascular, respiratory or nervous system disease or a neurological disease with complex symptoms.
SAPV supports GP practices and care institutions and supplements care.
Sphere of action
Here we work
Our area of operation covers the city of Freising and the entire district of Freising.
Our activities are geared towards home visits. After consultation with the attending physician, we also care for palliative patients in inpatient care facilities or in other care facilities and forms of accommodation.
localities in our catchment area by name (not exhaustive):
Allershausen, Attenkirchen, Au i. d. Hallertau, Eching, Fahrenzhausen, Freising, Gammelsdorf, Haag an der Amper, Hallbergmoos, Hörgertshausen, Hohenkammer, Kirchdorf an der Amper, Kranzberg, Langenbach, Marzling, Mauern, Moosburg, Nandlstadt, Neufahrn, Paunzhausen, Rudelzhausen, Rummelsbach, Wang, Wolfersdorf, Zolling u. etc.