Palliative care is a special form of care intended for patients with serious, chronic, or life-threatening illnesses.

Its main goal is not only to focus on the disease itself, but also to relieve the patient’s pain, discomfort, anxiety, and everyday difficulties.

Palliative care helps both the patient and their family receive calmer, more organized, and more humane support during a difficult period.

Palliative care is often mistakenly associated only with the final stage of life. In reality, it may be needed at different stages of an illness — even when the patient is continuing treatment.

For example, in cases of cancer, post-stroke conditions, severe neurological problems, chronic heart or lung diseases, a patient may need pain management, hygiene assistance, medication monitoring, injections, IV infusions, wound care, or other nursing procedures.

One of the main advantages of palliative care is an individual approach.

The patient is not viewed only through their diagnosis — attention is also given to their physical condition, emotional state, family needs, and everyday environment.

That is why palliative care is often especially important at home, where the patient feels calmer and safer.

Home-based palliative care reduces the need for frequent travel to a clinic. This is especially important for patients who have difficulty moving, experience weakness or pain, or require constant attention.

In such cases, having a nurse or caregiver come to the patient’s location is also a major support for the family, because the care process becomes more organized and less stressful.

Palliative care may include following the doctor’s prescription, managing pain and symptoms, patient care, hygiene assistance, nutrition-related support, monitoring blood pressure or other indicators, injections, IV infusions, and informing family members about the care process.

It is important to understand that palliative care does not mean losing hope.

On the contrary, its goal is to help the patient live day to day with as much dignity, calm, and reduced pain as possible.

Properly organized care helps the family better understand the patient’s needs and receive practical support during a difficult period.

NMS 24/7 offers home nursing care services in Tbilisi and Batumi.

Our team works to ensure that patients receive safe, attentive, and professional support in a comfortable environment — at home, in a hotel, in the office, or at another address.