This piece is about palliative care for those living & aging with HIV. This is the article's primary site, Get Palliative Care. This is an area of medicine many people are unfamiliar with & often misunderstand. While, often associated with end of life care, that isn't all it does. It can help with people who face serious illness, usually chronic, like HIV. It isn't about curing the patient, but improving their quality of life.
This can include helping with actual medical side of things & the fallout from that like side effects & other symptoms. It can be assistance in handling the daily things of life. It may guide with future planning & networking. Often it's about finding support, emotional & otherwise. Palliative care is an across the board approach to wellness management for people whose well health isn't going to improve.
This kind of care isn't just for the patient. It's also for family, friends & caregivers. This is a link to stories of how this approach helped people.
None of this is anywhere near me. But maybe it's near you or someone you know. Give these sites a look. This is something a lot of people are going to need in their life.
Take care.
Cya...
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