Typically, Arizona Palliative’s patients, many of whom have cancer or dementia, have a “goal of care” conversation in person with their physician to discuss quality of life—whether the patient would want to undergo chemotherapy if it buys four months more life or whether the person would rather spend that time at home, for instance. An experimental program funded by the Palliative Care Association using Avizia , a Spanish company , has been developed to ease access between patients and visitors with a video chat system . Patients previously had to visit the centers regularly , which could be difficult and expensive for the elderly .
An experimental program funded by the Palliative Care Association using Avizia , a Spanish company , has been developed to ease access between patients and visitors with a video chat system . Patients previously had to visit the centers regularly , which could be difficult and expensive for the elderly .