To “palliate” means to lift the burden of suffering related to a serious illness.

The Steward Center for Palliative Care's misssion is to effectively relieve suffering.

 

What is Palliative Care?  A medical speciality focused on meeting the unique needs of patients diagnosed with a life-limiting illness.

How Can We Help? 

 •   Our Steward Center for Palliative Care's physicians and nurse practitioners focus on providing expert pain and symptom management long before the end of life.  We vigorously treat pain and other symptoms such as nausea, poor appetite, depression or anxiety, and our goal is to keep you as comfortable and as active as possible through all stages of your illness.

 •   Our team, led by Director and Hospice Savannah Board Certified Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care Laura Wiggins, and Medical Director Dr. Kelly Erola, works in collaboration with social workers, chaplains, and case managers to encourage quality of life conversations and to allow your physicians to fully explore and understand your values and goals for your care. 

 •   Palliative care is not limited to end of life care and is not hospice care.

 •   We can follow your care during hospital stays, and after discharge we can provide outpatient services for continued help with your pain management and other symptoms.  Our team will also assist in transitioning you to home health care or hospice care whn needed.

How You Can Access Palliative Care Service.....

 •   Call The Steward Center for Palliative Care at 912.354.8014 for assistance or information.
      Fax: 912.355.1260

 

Nurse Practitioner in Palliative Care, Laura Wiggins Click here to see her biography.

Medical Director, Dr. Kelly Erola Click here to see her biography.

Click here to read a Hospice & Palliative Medicine Blog  - PALLIMED