Palliative Care

Home caregiver giving a cup of tea to elderly male patient

Palliative care is a program intended to maximize the quality of life during medical treatment.

Like hospice care, palliative care works to manage symptoms, control pain, and promote comfort. The primary goal of palliative care is to relieve and prevent the suffering of patients. Palliative care differs from hospice care in that it is used in conjunction with curative treatment. Our palliative care team works with the patient’s primary care physician to ensure that palliative and curative treatments work in harmony with each other to both speed recovery and enhance a person’s overall well-being.

"I can't begin to thank and acknowledge the care and helpfulness Dr. Val Borsa has given to our family. Her kindness is ever present when we've had to call on her to not only manage our chronic illnesses but our acute episodes of sickness as well. She has not only helped us get healthier but also diagnosed a very serious condition that had gone unchecked by specialists for our granddaughter. This untiring research that she undertook and the time and effort spent on getting help for our granddaughter was monumental. We are not exceptions, we are the rule for this doctor. We are not lucky, we are blessed beyond belief to call her 'our doctor."

Darlene G.