I’ve seen palliative care described as symptom-relieving treatment *usually* for terminal diseases, though it doesn’t have to **only** apply to terminal diseases. Doesn’t that make pretty much ALL medical treatment “palliative care”? Say if someone has epilepsy and they are treated with anti-seizure medicine to stop their seizures, would that fall under the definition of palliative care?
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Palliative care is for when the person is in the final stages of their life and are likely to shuffle off the mortal coil. They are basically dead already. You usually put them on a syringe driver with a strong medication like fentanyl to ease their passing.
People in hospice will receive palliative care in the last 24 hours of their disease. Palliative care is basically the Death Watch.
Care homes should have a Palliative ward that residents get moved to when they are bedbound and unresponsive and their vital signs are failing. It is still possible for some people to recover from that catatonic state but this is extremely rare.
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