WHAT WE OFFER

If you are living with a life-limiting or serious illness, the palliative care team at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) can help. Our care includes pain and symptom management, caregiver support and end of life care. We work together with community partners to improve the quality of your life. At PRHC we have 19 inpatient palliative beds and our palliative physicians also offer outpatient care for patients living at home.

WHO WE ARE

Our multidisciplinary palliative care team includes:

  • Community Partners

  • Physicians

  • Registered Nurses (RN)

  • Registered Practical Nurses (RPN)

  • Social Workers

  • Spiritual Care

SEEKING CARE

PRHC’s Palliative Care program encompasses the palliative care unit, palliative team outreach and the cancer symptom management clinics.

HOW TO REFER TO PALLIATIVE CARE

Patients from the Peterborough region are referred by their physician to the palliative care unit most frequently for pain and symptom management.

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