When you or a loved one is diagnosed with a serious illness that impacts quality of life palliative care can help.
Through Western Reserve Navigator, we focus on helping patients manage their symptoms, supporting them throughout their illness and assisting the family in finding additional free, community resources. Speak with the referral team by contacting us seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
You may want to consider palliative treatment if you:
Have been newly diagnosed with a chronic or serious illness or there has been a change in your clinical course
Want to continue treatments to cure your illness while maintaining your quality of life
Have frequent hospitalizations or trips to the emergency room (3 or more visits within 12 months)
Need help managing pain and symptoms
Struggle to visit your doctor or miss important appointments
Need help understanding your treatment options and/or doing advance care planning
Receiving aggressive treatment for or have been diagnosed with an advanced illness
Receiving palliative care can enhance the overall quality of life by alleviating pain, managing symptoms, and providing emotional support for patients and their loved ones. Western Reserve Navigator aims to minimize costly emergency room visits and unnecessary hospitalization and we collaborate with your physician to improve pain and symptom management and to help you avoid the hospital as much as possible.
Our Navigator Team is comprised of Advanced Practice Nurses, social workers and trained volunteers. You will have toll-free access to a caring nurse 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Your Navigator team will visit you wherever you live—a private residence, assisted living or nursing home.
Our team can offer:
Speak with the referral team by contacting us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We will do our best to schedule a visit on the same day it is needed.
At the heart of our mission we aim to enhance the quality of life for every individual in our care and those who grieve. We could not do this important work without the support of generous individuals like you.
Each of our team members makes a profound impact in our mission of providing exceptional care and support to patients and their loved ones. Turn your calling into your career!