What is The Palliative Care Unit?
The Palliative Care Unit is a special place in Sparks Regional Medical Center for patients with a life-limiting illness. (This includes cancer and non-cancer diagnoses.) The Palliative Care Unit is located on the 6th floor and is operated by Peachtree Hospice. • What type of patient would be appropriate for The Palliative Care Unit? In general, The Palliative Care Unit would be appropriate for a patient if they have a life-limiting illness and meet the criteria below: • When titration of medications, especially pain medication, is needed and cannot safely be done at home • When the patient requires constant skilled nursing attention for unstable recurring medical conditions, such as hemorrhage, intractable nausea, severe respiratory distress, multiple draining skin lesions, or any distressing physical symptoms requiring skilled management related to the life-limiting illness • When death is imminent and care requires ongoing and frequent skilled nursing intervention • When pain or symp
