Palliative Care: What It Is And What It Isn't

Are you familiar with the term palliative care?

Palliative care is treatment of the discomfort, symptoms, and stress of serious illness. It provides relief from distressing symptoms. Those who receive these services find clear benefits such as decreased symptom burden and enhanced well-being.

Palliative Care can also be used for chronic, non-fatal illnesses.

Learn how you can make palliative care work for you and your loved ones.

The speaker, Janet Haas, practices palliative medicine and is on the staff of the Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Haas will be accompanied by Briana Morgan, NP, and Jenny Egg, LSW.

In order to reserve a seat for lunch ($15) or without lunch ($5), please click here.

There will be a FitC table so you can join other FitC members. Enter "FitC" as to the where you found out about this event, and there will be a place for you.

This is the second of a lunch series co-sponsored by Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society, Friends in the
City, Penn's Village, Ralston Center, and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Future lunch series will be held on the second Wednesday of each month. To learn more about them (and to register now if you want to), please click here.

Next lunch: Older People Don't Do Drugs, Do They?
April 11.

Questions? Please email Mignon Adams, mignon.adams@gmail.com