Services

Advance Care Planning

Identifying your wishes means taking control of your life – before you become ill.

Medical Decision Making

Receiving a serious diagnosis can be overwhelming. We can help you process the emotional impact, decipher medical information, and explore difficult decisions you need to consider.

Caregiving

Being a caregiver is hard. Period. Who will support you?

Bereavement

Losses can come in many forms. We can help you recognize your individual path of grieving and take steps toward healing.

UNDERSTANDING PALLIATIVE CARE

Guiding Wishes’ services are built on the foundation of palliative care, a specialized form of medical care that focuses on reducing physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering and improving quality of life for patients affected by serious, life-limiting, or life-threatening illness, as well as their families.

Palliative care is appropriate for patients at any age, at any stage of illness, and can be provided alongside curative treatments, such as chemotherapy. For patients in the advanced stages of illness, palliative care helps ensure comfort by providing expert pain and symptom management and psychosocial support.