Palliative care and hospice care, while often confused, are unique tools in a patient’s care plan. Palliative care aims to provide better quality of life for patients with serious illness and their families by focusing on relieving the pain, stress and other symptoms associated with the disease and its treatment. The goal of this directory is to consolidate facility and healthcare professionals’ information for referrals and outreach. In order to keep this information up to date, please send any corrections to Michele Snyders, Hospice and Palliative Care Program Manager. Also, if additional providers join your palliative care team, we would love to hear about it!

Please zoom to see all facilities offering palliative care services in your local area. Match the facility number on the map to the spreadsheet to find the healthcare professionals there.

As you explore the palliative care directory, please be aware that the information is subject to change.  Note the difference between primary palliative care and secondary palliative care:

PRIMARY PALLIATIVE CARE: Care provided by practitioners who are not specialty trained in palliative care like internists, family practice doctors, specialists like oncologist, cardiologist or any other practitioner who cares for someone with a serious illness.  They have basic skills that allow them to provide basic symptom management, routine code status and goals of care conversations, and smooth transitions to hospice.  Primary palliative care providers may or may not have an interdisciplinary team to help support the patient and support person(s).

SPECIALTY PALLIATIVE CARE:  Specialty palliative care is provided with a core interdisciplinary team that may consist of a physician, advanced practice practitioner, registered nurse, social worker, pharmacists and chaplain, all who can have special certification in palliative care and hospice care. It is recommended that the physician has completed a fellowship in palliative care and/or is board certified in hospice and palliative care. The specialty team works alongside the patient’s other health professionals.  They specialize in complex symptom management and difficult discussions about code state, goals of care or transitions to hospice care, and/or challenging patient/family dynamics.