It’s care beyond cure, a concept of humanity and a backbone of

modern medicine. Patients with life-limiting illnesses have so

many problems that health workers feel always overwhelmed
and powerless to help.It’s a multidisciplinary team concept
focus to care not on disease but for the person; behind the
disease there is a person who needs help and feels vulnerable.
Health workers tend to focus on physical problems – disease and treatment.
But palliative care recognises that people are much more than just bodies –
our minds, our spirits and our emotions are part of who we are, the families
and communities to which we belong. So the problems facing a sick person
and their family are not just physical; they may be psychological, social and
spiritual issues, which are just as important as the illness itself.
Sometimes it’s difficult for health providers to explain to families the reality
of incurable disease but it’s necessary to help them by discussing the way
forward of management. In palliative we are focusing on relieving pain and
control symptoms, we are aiming to put the patient in comfortable situation,
not necessarily to cure but to give a quality of life focusing on all the aspects
of humanity – of the patients and support families which need a very good
orientation during this difficult time.
Good day! I am Maria Samantha Nicole D. Bolante from G3A. Today, I am
going to give my own opinion or explanation regarding the quote, “Adding
life to days not just days to life.” Health care workers tend to focus on
physical problems – disease, illness, and of course, the treatment. But for
palliative care, it focuses more on the person as a whole and recognizes that
people are much more than just bodies – our minds, our spirits and our
emotions are part of who we are, as well as the families and communities to
which we belong.
Sometimes it may be difficult for health care workers to explain to families
the reality of incurable diseases, but it is necessary to help them by discussing
the way forward of management. Patients with life-limiting illnesses have so
many problems that health workers feel always overwhelmed and powerless
to help.It’s a multidisciplinary team concept focus to care not on disease but
for the person; behind the disease there is a person who needs help and feels
vulnerable.
In palliative care, they are focusing on relieving pain and controlling
symptoms. The main goal is to put the patient in comfortable situation, not
necessarily to cure but to give a quality of life. That is when the quote,
“Adding life to days not just days to life” applies. We all wished to live a
long life but as we grow old we realized that living is not just about the
longevity or the quantity of years but the quality of life you had, whether you
lived long enough to say that you are contented and happy of the life you
lived. Living a long life filled with pain and misery will not be worth it, but
living enough to have a handful of memories with each of your love ones will
always be worth it.