“Helping Instead of Hurting: How Palliative Care Can Increase Quality of Life and Reduce Suffering of Those Living with Chronic Conditions” – Jacqueline DeVaney, Family Nurse Practitioner.  Palliative care is a branch of healthcare that is not well known or understood, even amongst many health care providers and workers.  However, the need for it grows especially as COVID strains healthcare staffing and resources, and has potentially life-long consequences for many who have suffered from COVID.  Jacqueline DeVaney, FNP, will share  how palliative care focuses on individuals and their family members to enhance quality of life, puts their needs and goals at the center of their healthcare team, reduces healthcare costs, and helps to avoid the inadvertent harms that sometimes occur due to common western healthcare practices.

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