With the opening of a new outpatient clinic at its 270 Hoover Blvd. building, Hospice of Holland is the first area facility to offer non-hospice palliative care to its patients.
Palliative care, according to The Center to Advance Palliative Care, is a medical specialty that addresses pain, stress and other symptoms that come with a serious illness like cancer or organ failure.
Palliative care benefits those who are not yet ready for hospice care, but need relief from their difficult symptoms like pain, discomfort, nausea, shortness of breath or depression.