Care beyond Cure
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Care beyond Cure
Dying naturally - palliative care can reduce the suffering A special holistic program of services is helping dozens of patients in the Northwoods come to grips with a chronic or progressive disease or illness that like the sands of an hourglass, measures their days left on this earth in no uncertain terms. The palliative care program (pronounced PAH-LEE-UH-TIVE) bridges the end of an individual's healthy life to the time he or she may enter hospice care or a nursing home. It seeks to prevent or relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. &#8220We enter a patient's life when their disease is not going to improve,” said Lisa Becker, coordinator of the palliative care program at Eagle River Memorial Hospital, in Eagle River. The latter stages of one's life
