Services are available throughout the continuum of illness, from diagnosis through cure or, if cure is not possible, through advancing illness and death. Operated as a department of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, the program is funded by Palliative & Supportive Care of Nantucket Foundation, a separate, tax-exempt public charity. Through this unique partnership in caring, we strive to provide state-of
-the-art palliative & supportive care, and further seek to serve as a catalyst for cultural change so that:
- All persons facing the challenge of living with life threatening illness receive a range of supportive and life-enhancement services throughout the course of their disease, from the time of diagnosis onward;
- All persons requiring health care are cared for holistically, i.e., with regard for mind, body, and spirit, and with regard for their families;
The relief of physical, emotional, and spiritual pain and suffering is pursued as aggressively as is the treatment of the disease itself;
- Effective complementary therapies are incorporated into patients’ treatment regimes when appropriate;
- Excellent supportive and palliative care are integrated into the practices of general health care providers;
- The end stage of life becomes recognized as an important and valuable life phase.
