About Palliative Care

Palliative care is a holistic approach to active and supportive care for people and their families facing a life-limiting illness. The aim is to prevent and ease suffering, while promoting an excellent quality of life right up until the end of life.

Palliative care is not only for people that are near the end-of-life. It focuses on helping people live well by relieving their symptoms and providing emotional, social and spiritual support when they need it. A person can have palliative care along with their treatment for advanced kidney disease.

If you have questions about your treatment, talk to your healthcare team. It is important that you understand every part of your treatment.

Benefits of Palliative Care

For people with chronic kidney disease, the benefits of palliative care include:

help managing symptoms
increased quality of life
advance care planning, for better end-of-life experiences
preventing new issues from happening

About Dialysis

Learn about the types of dialysis, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, and find out what types of locations offer dialysis services.

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About Home Dialysis

Learn about the types of home dialysis, how to choose between peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis, and how to decide if home dialysis is the right fit.

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Effects of Chronic Kidney Disease

Learn how chronic kidney disease affects people living with the disease and their families. The effects may be different depending on the type of treatment.

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