Medicine’s Neglected Half
The relevance of palliative care is growing thanks to the rise in non-communicable diseases and chronic lifelong conditions. The list of those who need palliative care is keeping pace with the increase in the average human life span. Earlier, it was primarily restricted to people with cancer. Now those with HIV/AIDS, neurodegenerative disorders (including forms of dementia), progressive neuromuscular diseases, metabolic disorders, terminal organ failures, cardiac or respiratory conditions, liver conditions, and others, are all included.
Spiritual Care at CanSupport
We all know that psychosocial and spiritual/religious distress has always existed but there has been a path plastic? effect of pandemic on these problems. During Covid-19 all religious places such as temples, gurudwaras, mosques and churches were closed indefinitely.
COVID-19 in the time of NCDs
It is an irony, that it has taken a highly communicable condition like COVID-19 to highlight the dangers inherent in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart and respiratory ailments, to health. These are usually bracketed away as previously underlying or pre-existing medical conditions when, in fact, they should be in the foreground.
Lockdown Experience – Q and A with Counsellor Garima, Team CanSupport
We are going through a rough time due to COVID-19 pandemic. In this critical time the responsibility of our counsellors has increased, as has the anxiety and stress level of our patients and caregivers. Due to the lockdown and social distancing, the counsellors were asked to be in regular touch with and, care about their patient’s emotional and mental health through telephonic counselling.