Palliative Support Team

Patients who are terminally ill and their loved ones can call on the Palliative Support Team.

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What can we help you with?

When treatments aimed at healing are no longer possible, the Palliative Support Team looks for the most optimal care. Together we discuss exactly what this care can entail. We strive for the best possible physical care, optimal pain and symptom control with much attention to your emotional experience.  

The Palliative Support Team supports you and your loved ones in the process of loss experiences: loss of health, work status, partner role and/or role in the family, changes in appearance, financial consequences, reduction of the circle of friends, ... During the counseling we spend extra attention to the children involved.

The team can also provide support in important ethical decisions. Ethical questions concerning the approaching end of life such as stopping treatments, palliative sedation and euthanasia can be discussed. We can also offer support in drafting living wills.

Home care

The Palliative Support Team works closely with palliative home care teams to allow end-of-life care to be provided in the most desired and appropriate place. To ensure a seamless transition of care upon hospital discharge, the team actively collaborates with several organizations:

  • General home care services such as the GP, home nursing, family support,
  • Pallion: Palliatieve Limburgse Ondersteuningsequipe (Palliative Support Team Limburg)
  • Panal: Palliatief Netwerk Arrondissement Leuven (Palliative Network Arrondissement Leuven)

Palliative Unit

The hospital itself does not have a palliative unit but collaborates with other nearby hospitals.

The team

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