If you are living with a serious illness, whether curable, chronic, or life-limiting, Inova’s palliative care teams are available to help improve your quality of life.
Palliative care is a specialized form of medical care that focuses on relief from symptoms, pain, loss of function and stress caused by serious illness. It can be offered as an additional layer to your curative treatment at any age or stage of illness, to cover all aspects of your physical and social-emotional well-being.
Inova's palliative care teams include doctors, advanced practice providers, clinical therapists and chaplains. They work alongside the standard healthcare team to help patients and families navigate treatment options and provide psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social support.
Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurance plans typically cover inpatient and outpatient palliative care services.
Learn more about how we provide integrated palliative care support throughout a patient's journey
Request palliative care
While in the hospital, patients can request a visit from the palliative care team through their regular healthcare providers. The team usually schedules a visit within one to two days. Healthcare providers can also recommend outpatient palliative care programs for home, clinic or telehealth visits.