Palliative care means specialized care or treatment for a person living with a serious illness that carries a high risk of mortality or negatively impacts quality of life. This type of care or treatment addresses the symptoms and stress of a serious illness, including pain. Palliative care is a team-based approach to care or treatment, providing essential support at any age and stage of a serious illness. It can be provided across care settings and along with curative treatment. The goal of palliative care is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the patient’s family or care partner.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 71-424.04

  • Care: means the exercise of concern or responsibility for the comfort, welfare, and habilitation of persons, including a minimum amount of supervision and assistance with or the provision of personal care, activities of daily living, health maintenance activities, or other supportive services. See Nebraska Statutes 71-407
  • Palliative care: means specialized care or treatment for a person living with a serious illness that carries a high risk of mortality or negatively impacts quality of life. See Nebraska Statutes 71-424.04
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Treatment: means a therapy, modality, product, device, or other intervention used to maintain well being or to diagnose, assess, alleviate, or prevent a disability, injury, illness, disease, or other similar condition. See Nebraska Statutes 71-431
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