Together with Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home, BID-Needham is offering palliative care services for patients and families. The BILH at Home Palliative Care and Goals of Care Support program helps guide patient conversations about coping with advanced illness, and assists with in home palliative care to alleviate symptoms and assist with transitioning to different levels of care.
For goals of care discussions, Cheryl Flynn, RN, hospice and palliative registered nurse, will meet with the patient in the hospital or post discharge in the home to discuss patient centered goals and patient wishes. For palliative care, Tracy Daly, APN, ACHPN, palliative nurse practitioner, will meet with the patient in the hospital or post discharge in the home to alleviate symptoms of distress related to a serious illness.
For referrals, please call 781-756-7780 or email us. Please see below for examples of patient situations that indicate a referral to BILH at Home services.
We are pleased to have the opportunity to support patients in guiding goals of care conversations and in providing palliative care services. The following outlines the process.
A hospice/palliative registered nurse will meet with the patient in the hospital or post discharge in the home to discuss patient centered goals and patient wishes. Patient situations may include:
A palliative nurse practitioner will meet with the patient in the hospital or post discharge in the home to alleviate symptoms of distress related to a serious illness. Patient situations may include: