Cancer care is not just about managing and providing comfort for medical assistance and treatments; it is about enhancing the overall quality of life for the patients. In order to enhance the quality of life, palliative care is essential in providing comfort care for individuals right in their familiar surroundings, especially those who are on the challenging journey of cancer. There is significant importance to the accessibility of palliative care at home, which helps positively impact the lives of individuals in cancer care.

What exactly does Palliative Care Focus on?
Specialised medical care that is focused on relieving the stress and symptoms that are associated with illness. Integrated with curative treatments, it is applicable at any stage of illness. Moreover, when provided in familiar surroundings, it adds a dimension of compassion and personalisation, which makes it comforting.

When should I choose palliative care at home for cancer patients?
When the patient requires or demands care in a familiar and comfortable environment, palliative care can be chosen. In order to ensure that patients receive better well-being and symptom alleviation during their difficult cancer journey, home-based palliative care offers a comfortable setting, family support, and specialised attention.

Impact of Palliative Care for Cancer Patients at Home:
Comfort: Taking care of cancer patients with their family close by in familiar settings helps them feel more comfortable and supported, which can reduce their stress and anxiety.
Family involvement: Palliative care does not only focus on the patient; it also focuses on providing emotional support to family members.
Personalised care: It enables highly customised care plans that take into account the patient's unique preferences, values, and aspirations in addition to their medical needs. The efficacy of the care given is improved by this customised strategy.
Symptom and pain management: The core components are pain and symptom management. The team monitors and adjusts the medications timely to give them optimal support and comfort.
Personalised care: Every patient’s needs are different from one another, considering the medical aspects, preferences, needs, and wants. The team provides a tailored, personalised care plan for the effectiveness of the treatment, which enhances the care.
Communications: Communication is made easier between medical staff, patients, and their families when palliative care is provided at home. This makes sure that everyone is in agreement about the state of the patient, available treatments, and the intended course of care.
Decreased Hospital Visits: Having access to palliative care at home might lessen the need for frequent hospital stays, which will ease the patient's and their family's physical and psychological load, especially for those fighting cancer.

For patients in need of cancer care, palliative care at home becomes a huge support for the families of cancer patients. Incorporating palliative care into the home setting not only improves patients' quality of life but also exemplifies a humane approach to comprehensive cancer care.

About IHHC:
India Home Health Care, a BAYADA Home Health Care partner, has altered India's home health care system and made it more accessible to the general public. IHHC is composed of a group of professionals who have worked in the field of caregiving. The caregivers and nurses have received extensive training in order to provide expert services to patients who are suffering or chronically ill. Since 2009, IHHC has commended itself for being a one-of-a-kind institution that provides high-quality health care in the seclusion of the patient's own home. Clients can have peace of mind knowing that their loved ones will be treated with respect and dignity at IHHC.