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Palliative care

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It focuses on the relief of suffering by means of early identification, impeccable assessment, and precise management of pain and other physical, psychological, and spiritual concerns.

Core Goals & Interventions

Provides comprehensive relief from pain and other distressing clinical symptoms.
Affirms life and regards dying as a perfectly natural, normal baseline process.
Intends neither to artificially hasten nor unnecessarily postpone death.
Integrates psychological and spiritual aspects into standard clinical patient care.
Offers a proactive support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death.
Offers an empathetic support system to help families cope during illness and bereavement.
Enhances global quality of life, which may also positively influence the course of the illness.
Applies early in the course of illness alongside life-prolonging therapies like ART or radiation.

Why Palliative Care is Essential

Palliative care is an essential component of a comprehensive package of care for people living with HIV/AIDS because of the wide variety of symptoms they can experience – such as pain, diarrhea, cough, shortness of breath, nausea, weakness, fatigue, and confusion.

A lack of proper palliative support results in untreated symptoms that severely hamper an individual’s ability to continue their activities of daily life. At the community level, it places an unnecessary, preventable burden on busy hospital or clinic resources.

Principles & Access Criteria

Palliative care remains a core component of comprehensive HIV/AIDS management. It encompasses symptomatic treatment and terminal care across home projects, hospitals, or dedicated wards. A patient may access these services when:

    The patient refuses curative treatment and/or requests palliative care.
    Appropriate life-prolonging treatment is either not available or not affordable.
    No medical progress or clinical cure is anticipated based on diagnostics.
    The patient's condition continues to degrade despite proper medical treatment.
Regional AIDS centers coordinate standard referrals to palliative care infrastructure at the request of specialists.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are actively encouraged to deliver care while closely adhering to national standards.
Access to clinical care will not be artificially restricted due to any prevailing political or social constraints.
Treatment for underlying chronic illnesses (e.g., TB treatment, ART, or drug substitution therapy) will not be withheld at any stage.

Special Advice for Terminal Care

Preparing for Death

  • Encourage open communication within the immediate family.
  • Discuss custody of children, family support, and future financial planning early.
  • Consistently reassure the patient that they will be deeply loved and remembered.
  • Help the patient resolve complex feelings of guilt or deep personal regret.
  • Connect with a preferred spiritual counselor or pastoral care as requested.

Presence & Active Caring

  • Be present with authentic compassion: visit regularly, hold hands, and listen.
  • Provide continuous physical comfort measures to soothe distress.
  • Keep the lips, mouth, and eyes moistened; keep skin clean, dry, and protected.
  • Aggressively treat fever and severe pain around the clock if clinically required.
  • Regularly provide small amounts of liquids and easily digestible food.
Coordination and Referral Framework
Regional AIDS centers remain the central hub to manage partner workflows.
Other disciplines or medical departments contact the hub directly to initiate care.
Partner NGOs act as a key extension for actual deployment of care services.
Continued medical tracking is guaranteed for patients concurrently on ART or OST.

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