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What is palliative care?
Care planning
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What is quality of life?
What does suffering consist of?
Receiving palliative care
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Care and nurture
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What is hospice care?
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Comprehensive medication review in hospice care
Antibiotics in hospice care
Hydration and nutrition in hospice care
Blood products in hospice care
Palliative sedation
Hospice care at home
Approaching death
Things to remember following death
Stories from hospice care providers video series
Frequently asked questions about palliative care
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Is palliative care the same as hospice care?
Why do pain medications make you feel tired?
Do strong pain medications such as morphine cause respiratory depression?
Does a medicine dispenser (pain pump) hasten the patient’s death?
At the end of life, if you’re no longer able to eat or drink, and you are not given hydration, will you die of hunger or thirst?
Does hospice care involve hastening death?
When is the decision made to move to hospice care?
Why was the treatment team unable to predict the moment of death?
Why is there a rattling sound in the breathing of the dying person?
If the patient is unconscious, can they hear me?
How can you tell or see that death is approaching?
My loved one is afraid of dying and is experiencing anxiety. What’s the best way for me to support them?
Why does my loved one not want to talk to me about their incurable illness?
Why were there changes in the patient’s diabetes care regimen after they were moved to hospice care?
How can you tell if the patient is experiencing pain if they are unable to say so themselves?
Is palliative sedation the same as euthanasia?
Does a DNR (EIE) mean that I will no longer receive treatment?
Does starting a medication dispenser (pain pump) mean that I’m dying?
Will I become addicted to strong pain medication?
Can all my symptoms be removed completely?
Symptom management
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Symptom management
Symptom management in practice during palliative care
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Symptom management with medication during palliative care
Blood products as palliative symptom relief
Symptoms
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Pain
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Problems of the mouth
Constipation
Skin symptoms
Fluid retention
Cough and coughing up blood
Diarrhoea
Insomnia
Anxiety
Depression
Delirium
Feeling of meaninglessness
Illnesses
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Palliative care for cancer
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Symptoms caused by metastases
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Gynaecologic cancers
Bowel cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Palliative care for memory disorders
Palliative care for lung diseases
Palliative care for liver diseases
Palliative care for kidney diseases
Palliative care for blood disorders
Palliative care for neurological diseases
Palliative care for heart diseases
As a loved one
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As a loved one
How can I support a person with an incurable illness?
Where can I find support as someone close to a person with an incurable illness?
Children and young people close to someone with an incurable illness
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Meaning in life
Grief and letting go
Psychological support in palliative care
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Psychological wellbeing
Negative emotions
Crisis reactions
Social support in palliative care
Existential and spiritual support in palliative care
Cultural aspects of palliative care
Peer support and organisations as part of palliative care
Volunteer activities as a part of palliative care
Palliative peer videos
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Anu: ALS
Stina: Incurable brain cancer
Saila: Metastatic breast cancer
Sirkku: As someone close to a person with an incurable illness
Astrid: Metastatic breast cancer
Incurable illness of a parent in a family with children - videos
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Teemu's story - Incurable illness and death in a family with children
Elina's story - Mother's illness in a family with children in primary school
Emmi's story - Mother's incurable illness and loss
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How palliative care and hospice care is organised
Southern Finland collaborative area
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Information about palliative care and hospice care services in the Uusimaa region
HUS Palliative Care Center
Terhokoti
Helsinki
Wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava
Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Central Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Wellbeing Services County of East Uusimaa
Wellbeing services county of Kymenlaakso
Wellbeing services county of South Karelia
Wellbeing services county of Päijät-Häme
Inner Finland collaborative area
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Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa
Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia
Wellbeing Services County of Kanta-Häme
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Examinationhub
Mentalhub
Palliative Hub
Palliative Hub
Palliative care
Palliative care
What is palliative care?
Care planning
Treatment intent
Treatment limitations
Living will (advance decision)
Quality of life and suffering
Open
Close
What is quality of life?
What does suffering consist of?
Receiving palliative care
Open
Close
Care and nurture
Nutrition
Supporting functional capacity
Coping mentally
Receiving hospice care
Open
Close
What is hospice care?
Opportunities provided by hospice care
Special concerns in hospice care
Hospice care at home
Approaching death
Things to remember following death
Stories from hospice care providers video series
Frequently asked questions about palliative care
Open
Close
Is palliative care the same as hospice care?
Why do pain medications make you feel tired?
Do strong pain medications such as morphine cause respiratory depression?
Does a medicine dispenser (pain pump) hasten the patient’s death?
At the end of life, if you’re no longer able to eat or drink, and you are not given hydration, will you die of hunger or thirst?
Does hospice care involve hastening death?
When is the decision made to move to hospice care?
Why was the treatment team unable to predict the moment of death?
Why is there a rattling sound in the breathing of the dying person?
If the patient is unconscious, can they hear me?
How can you tell or see that death is approaching?
My loved one is afraid of dying and is experiencing anxiety. What’s the best way for me to support them?
Why does my loved one not want to talk to me about their incurable illness?
Why were there changes in the patient’s diabetes care regimen after they were moved to hospice care?
How can you tell if the patient is experiencing pain if they are unable to say so themselves?
Is palliative sedation the same as euthanasia?
Does a DNR (EIE) mean that I will no longer receive treatment?
Does starting a medication dispenser (pain pump) mean that I’m dying?
Will I become addicted to strong pain medication?
Can all my symptoms be removed completely?
Symptom management
Symptom management
Symptom management in practice during palliative care
Open
Close
Symptom management with medication during palliative care
Blood products as palliative symptom relief
Symptoms
Open
Close
Pain
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Problems of the mouth
Constipation
Skin symptoms
Fluid retention
Cough and coughing up blood
Diarrhoea
Insomnia
Anxiety
Depression
Delirium
Feeling of meaninglessness
Illnesses
Illnesses
Palliative care for cancer
Open
Close
Symptoms caused by metastases
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Gynaecologic cancers
Bowel cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Palliative care for memory disorders
Palliative care for lung diseases
Palliative care for liver diseases
Palliative care for kidney diseases
Palliative care for blood disorders
Palliative care for neurological diseases
Palliative care for heart diseases
As a loved one
As a loved one
How can I support a person with an incurable illness?
Where can I find support as someone close to a person with an incurable illness?
Children and young people close to someone with an incurable illness
Support
Support
Meaning in life
Grief and letting go
Psychological support in palliative care
Open
Close
Psychological wellbeing
Negative emotions
Crisis reactions
Social support in palliative care
Existential and spiritual support in palliative care
Cultural aspects of palliative care
Peer support and organisations as part of palliative care
Volunteer activities as a part of palliative care
Palliative peer videos
Open
Close
Anu: ALS
Stina: Incurable brain cancer
Saila: Metastatic breast cancer
Sirkku: As someone close to a person with an incurable illness
Astrid: Metastatic breast cancer
Incurable illness of a parent in a family with children - videos
Open
Close
Teemu's story - Incurable illness and death in a family with children
Elina's story - Mother's illness in a family with children in primary school
Emmi's story - Mother's incurable illness and loss
Services
Services
How palliative care and hospice care is organised
Southern Finland collaborative area
Open
Close
Information about palliative care and hospice care services in the Uusimaa region
HUS Palliative Care Center
Terhokoti
Helsinki
Wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava
Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Central Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Wellbeing Services County of East Uusimaa
Wellbeing services county of Kymenlaakso
Wellbeing services county of South Karelia
Wellbeing services county of Päijät-Häme
Inner Finland collaborative area
Open
Close
Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa
Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia
Wellbeing Services County of Kanta-Häme
Menu
Hubs
Diabeteshub
Emergencyhub
Examinationhub
Mentalhub
Palliative Hub
Palliative Hub
Palliative care
What is palliative care?
Care planning
Treatment intent
Treatment limitations
Living will (advance decision)
Quality of life and suffering
What is quality of life?
What does suffering consist of?
Receiving palliative care
Care and nurture
Nutrition
Supporting functional capacity
Coping mentally
Receiving hospice care
What is hospice care?
Opportunities provided by hospice care
Special concerns in hospice care
Comprehensive medication review in hospice care
Antibiotics in hospice care
Hydration and nutrition in hospice care
Blood products in hospice care
Palliative sedation
Hospice care at home
Approaching death
Things to remember following death
Stories from hospice care providers video series
Frequently asked questions about palliative care
Is palliative care the same as hospice care?
Why do pain medications make you feel tired?
Do strong pain medications such as morphine cause respiratory depression?
Does a medicine dispenser (pain pump) hasten the patient’s death?
At the end of life, if you’re no longer able to eat or drink, and you are not given hydration, will you die of hunger or thirst?
Does hospice care involve hastening death?
When is the decision made to move to hospice care?
Why was the treatment team unable to predict the moment of death?
Why is there a rattling sound in the breathing of the dying person?
If the patient is unconscious, can they hear me?
How can you tell or see that death is approaching?
My loved one is afraid of dying and is experiencing anxiety. What’s the best way for me to support them?
Why does my loved one not want to talk to me about their incurable illness?
Why were there changes in the patient’s diabetes care regimen after they were moved to hospice care?
How can you tell if the patient is experiencing pain if they are unable to say so themselves?
Is palliative sedation the same as euthanasia?
Does a DNR (EIE) mean that I will no longer receive treatment?
Does starting a medication dispenser (pain pump) mean that I’m dying?
Will I become addicted to strong pain medication?
Can all my symptoms be removed completely?
Symptom management
Symptom management in practice during palliative care
Symptom management with medication during palliative care
Blood products as palliative symptom relief
Symptoms
Pain
Fatigue
Shortness of breath
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Problems of the mouth
Constipation
Skin symptoms
Fluid retention
Cough and coughing up blood
Diarrhoea
Insomnia
Anxiety
Depression
Delirium
Feeling of meaninglessness
Illnesses
Palliative care for cancer
Symptoms caused by metastases
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Gynaecologic cancers
Bowel cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Palliative care for memory disorders
Palliative care for lung diseases
Palliative care for liver diseases
Palliative care for kidney diseases
Palliative care for blood disorders
Palliative care for neurological diseases
Palliative care for heart diseases
As a loved one
How can I support a person with an incurable illness?
Where can I find support as someone close to a person with an incurable illness?
Children and young people close to someone with an incurable illness
Support
Meaning in life
Grief and letting go
Psychological support in palliative care
Psychological wellbeing
Negative emotions
Crisis reactions
Social support in palliative care
Existential and spiritual support in palliative care
Cultural aspects of palliative care
Peer support and organisations as part of palliative care
Volunteer activities as a part of palliative care
Palliative peer videos
Anu: ALS
Stina: Incurable brain cancer
Saila: Metastatic breast cancer
Sirkku: As someone close to a person with an incurable illness
Astrid: Metastatic breast cancer
Incurable illness of a parent in a family with children - videos
Teemu's story - Incurable illness and death in a family with children
Elina's story - Mother's illness in a family with children in primary school
Emmi's story - Mother's incurable illness and loss
Services
How palliative care and hospice care is organised
Southern Finland collaborative area
Information about palliative care and hospice care services in the Uusimaa region
HUS Palliative Care Center
Terhokoti
Helsinki
Wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava
Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Central Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County
Wellbeing Services County of East Uusimaa
Wellbeing services county of Kymenlaakso
Wellbeing services county of South Karelia
Wellbeing services county of Päijät-Häme
Inner Finland collaborative area
Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa
Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia
Wellbeing Services County of Kanta-Häme
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Palliative care for cancer
Palliative care for incurable cancer and symptoms caused by metastatic cancer.
Symptoms caused by metastases
Breast cancer
Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Gynaecologic cancers
Bowel cancer
Pancreatic cancer