Palliative Care
Napa/Solano Palliative Care Service
Palliative care is the active, total care of a patient who has a serious advanced illness. The Napa/Solano Palliative Care Service is a consulting service designed to enhance and support any other treatment or service a patient may receive. Our goal is to help the patient thrive while they are coping with and managing their illness.
What services are provided?
- Advanced illness care planning
- Advance directives preparation
- Patient and family education
- Bereavement counseling
What can palliative care do for you?
- We are here to help patients achieve the best possible quality of life by helping them consider care options based on their changing medical condition and personal values
- We provide practical, emotional, and spiritual support
- We facilitate communication between family members and loved ones
- We help manage your pain and other difficult symptoms
Who does palliative care?
The palliative care team sees patients who have serious medical conditions that are manageable but not curable:
- Cancer
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Cirrhosis
- Congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Dementia
- End-stage neurological disease
- End-stage renal disease
The Napa/Solano Palliative Care Service team consists of:
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Social workers
- Other consultants as needed (spiritual care, pharmacy, psychiatry, nutrition services, and so on)
Open to Kaiser Permanente members only.
Location: Vallejo
Registration: No referral is required. For more information, call 707-651-2474
Location: Vacaville
Registration: No referral is required. For more information, call 707-624-3248
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
