VITAS Palliative Care
Palliative care is a medical subspecialty devoted to providing the support patients and their families need when dealing with chronic or serious illness. Palliative care focuses on complex symptom management and, unlike hospice, can be provided any time after diagnosis and along with curative treatments. In association with Palliative Medical Associates of California.
Pathways Hospice
Pathways Home Health, Hospice & Private Duty is a community-based, nonprofit health care organization with a location in Oakland, Calif. The organization offers home health, nursing and hospice care services. It also provides grief support and nonmedical attendant and elder care services. The center offers hospice care to children suffering from life-threatening illnesses. Founded in 1977, it provides palliative care, adult home infusion therapies, heart and lung disease management and diabetic educator services. The center offers rehabilitation services for strokes, fractures and traumas, and it also offers speech and language intervention services. In addition, it is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified firm that is approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.