Palliative Care, also known as end of life care, is a crucially integrated part of person-centered health service. During a terminal and serious illness, palliative care focuses on the person and the family - on improving the quality of life by emphasizing on relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress.
Relieving serious health-related suffering of an individual, be it physical, psychological, social, or spiritual, is a global ethical responsibility. Thus, whether the cause of suffering is cardiovascular disease, cancer, major organ failure, drug-resistant tuberculosis, severe burns, end-stage chronic illness, acute trauma, extreme birth prematurity or extreme frailty of old age, palliative care may be needed and has to be available at all levels of care. (Source: WHO)
Most of the elderlies who come to Epoch, stay in our assisted living homes for life. Ageing is a natural process and occurs over a period of time, many-a-times with comorbidities, and/or chronic/terminal illnesses. As years go by and they age, many of the elders at our Epoch homes may have to be switched to a palliative care plan.
Our Epoch care team/consultant geriatrician advises and guides the families in planning and managing the end of life care of their elderly loved ones. In all these years at our 3 Epoch homes, many times, we have stood by the side of our elder residents and their families, and have comforted and supported them, as the elderies pass away gently & peacefully.
Our palliative care/end of life plan is philosophy based. It focuses on preserving the elderly’s quality of life as much as possible, keeping in mind the individual’s/family’s wishes and preferences. Our aim is to ensure that they are comfortable, free of pain, surrounded by a lot of warmth, love and care. At the end of life stage, dignity and respect for the elderly is absolutely critical to all of us.
In our palliative/end of life care, we focus on:
Pain management
Symptoms management
Skin care
Coordination with doctors
Nutrition management
Family support & communication
Our senior care team members share their on-ground experiences, based on their expertise and personal perspectives:
"End of Life care" is a natural progression of the work we do at Epoch since most of our elders move-in for life!"
End of Life care doesn't mean we lose hope. Instead, we ensure that their wishes are fulfilled, and it’s this time when we focus more, on doing everything that we can to make the resident as comfortable as possible...
Click to read full article.Facility Manager, Monet House
"End of Life care" is a natural progression of the work we do at Epoch since most of our elders move-in for life!"
End of Life care doesn't mean we lose hope. Instead, we ensure that their wishes are fulfilled, and it’s this time when we focus mor...
Click to read full article.Facility Manager, Monet House
The families of our residents have expressed their feelings and shared their perspectives about Epoch's care throughout their journey.
I chose Epoch Elder Care for my mother who was suffering from cancer and needed palliative care. My journey with Epoch for nearly 5 months has been very overwhelming. My mother Mrs Sushila Kumari was looked after with the lots of love, best of medical and emotional assistance. She really enjoyed having delicious food, long conversations, celebrations with all the fellow family members. Epoch will always hold a special place in my heart and for that, my family and I shall always be grateful. With lots of love and best wishes!
Daughter of late Mrs. Sushila Kumari
“My mom was a lady with character and dignity and I will continue that legacy. I am so glad that I was next to her in last times, and she somewhere subconsciously was aware that she’s had her family beside her when it was time for her to depart. In the hindsight, I think it was one of the prudent decisions to have my mom at Epoch....”
I had surveyed several places before visiting Epoch. 2 primary factors drove the decision to choose Epoch, first being the location – it was located in Pune city and the second would be a home-like setup in an upscale apartment complex.
Click to read full article.Son of late Mrs. Chandra Lakhani
Sharing from Epoch's experience, some blogs and articles that explain the importance & management of end-of-life care.
I have been with Epoch Elder Care as a Facility Nurse for almost 2 years now and it gave me the opportunity to work with elderly very closely which involved not only taking care of their health and medicines but also to understand the needs of this venerable group. PCC (Person centered care) is one ...
Dementia is a complex disease often draining family members and stripping elders of their identity thus leaving many devastated. Contrary to popular opinion labeling it as a mental health issue, dementia actually occurs when...
We provide long term and short term care & services for elders who require assistance. You can consider the following services as per your loved one’s requirement.
Assisted living
Dementia
care
Palliative
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Parkinson's disease care
Recovery & rehabilitation
We provide long term and short term care & services for elders who require assistance. You can consider the following services as per your loved one’s requirement.
