HeartLinks care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering, by means of  assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.

We know that when a child has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, decision making can become difficult. By helping the family identify and express their preferences, we empower them to maintain balance and normalcy in their lives.

Palliative Care:

• Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
• Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
• Intends neither to hasten or postpone death
• Integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care
• Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death
• Offers a support system to help the family cope during the patient’s illness and in their own bereavement
• Uses a team approach to address the needs of patients and their families, including bereavement counseling, if indicated

Will enhance quality of life, and may also positively influence the course of illness
Is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy, and includes those investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications

A referral to any of our programs can be made by anyone, including family members, friends or health care professionals. Please call 509-837-1676, and a member of the team will contact you as soon as possible.