The health care provider suggests inpatient hospice for a client. The family members are concerned that their loved one will receive only custodial care. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "The goal of palliative care is to provide the greatest degree of comfort possible and help the dying person enjoy whatever time is left."
b. "Palliative care will release you from the burden of having to care for someone in the home. It does not mean that curative treatment will stop."
c. "A palliative care facility is like a nursing home and costs less than a hospital be-cause only pain medications are given."
d. "Your relative is unaware of her sur-roundings and will not notice the differ-ence between her home and a palliative care facility."
A
Palliative care provides an increased level of personal care designed to manage symptom distress. The focus is on pain control and helping the relative die with dignity.
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