Supportive Care

At CMOH, we provide an integrated supportive care via a specialized team that includes Dr. Brian Sprandio, MD and JoAnn Flounders, CRNP. Supportive care includes physical, psychological, social, and spiritual support for patients and their families.

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There are many types of supportive care including:
  • pain management
  • nutritional support
  • counseling
  • exercise
  • music therapy
  • meditation
  • palliative care

Comparing Supportive & Palliative Care to Hospice Care

Who receives care?

Supportive & Palliative Care

  • Person with chronic illness, with any life expectancy

  • Any age, any stage

Hospice Care

  • Person with chronic illness with life expectancy of 6 months or less. 

  • Care at the end of life.

What therapies are used?

Supportive & Palliative Care

  • Curative therapies may continue with supportive care, including return to the hospital if needed.

  • Expert therapies that relieve pain and symptoms are provided.

Hospice Care

  • Curative therapies are not continued with hospice care, and patient would not usually seek return to the hospital.

  • Expert therapies that relieve pain and symptoms are provided.

What are the goals?

Supportive & Palliative Care

  • Restorative, can be curative.

  • Maximize performance status and quality of life.

Hospice Care

  • Focused on symptoms and comfort rather than cure.

  • Maximize performance status and quality of life.

What support is given?

Supportive & Palliative Care

Provides emotional, spiritual, physical, and social support.

Hospice Care

  • Provides emotional, spiritual, physical, and social support.

  • Respite care for up to 5 days is available at inpatient hospice to give family a break.

  • Respite care at inpatient hospice is available to manage uncontrolled symptoms.

Where is care given?

Supportive & Palliative Care

Home, outpatient office, facility such as hospital or skilled nurse facility.

Hospice Care

Home or inpatient hospice unit or skilled nurse facility.

Care at Home

Supportive & Palliative Care

  • Need caregiver at home if patient is disabled.

  • Home care RN, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social worker, and HHA can be ordered for patients who are homebound and have skilled need.

Hospice Care

  • The main hour-to-hour caregivers are usually family or friends.

  • Hospice Team: RN, PT, OT, social worker, spiritual adviser, trained volunteers.

  • RN available 24 hours per day/7 days per week.

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