Supportive Medicine is specialist, expert medical care and treatment which aims to prevent, control or relieve pain, distress and other symptoms associated with serious illness.
Supportive Medicine takes the principles of palliative medicine and broadens the scope to include a wider range of patients and conditions, encouraging referral earlier in a patient’s cancer or non-cancer diagnosis.
Particularly in the case of older patients with multiple co-existing medical illnesses, the Supportive Medicine Clinic aims to ensure the most appropriate and individualized plan of care, with an emphasis on coordination and streamlining of specialist input, and, where appropriate, reducing the need for attendance at multiple specialist clinics. This is achieved by close communication with a patient’s GP and other specialists.
Conditions managed at the Supportive Medicine Clinic:
Cancer - Pain and Symptom Management
Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
Pain and Symptom Management in patients with serious non-cancer illnesses, e.g.:
- Heart Failure and other cardiac conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Lung Fibrosis
- Chronic Kidney Disease (on and off dialysis)
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Motor Neuron Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Dementia
- Post-Stroke
- Psychological support for patients with chronic and serious illnesses
- Complex chronic disease management in the Elderly – (“Super-Senior Streamlined Specialist Support”) Recovery and Rehabilitation from serious illness, e.g.
- Cancer Survivorship
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Stroke Rehabilitation
Palliative Care
The Supportive Medicine Clinic can offer outreach support, with domiciliary or nursing home consultation.
Send your referral securely by email:
Email: info@supportivemedicineclinic.ie
Phone: 01-2109747 / 087-6574134
Request further information on Educational Programmes and Education Support for your team or organisation:
Phone: 01-2109747 / 087-6574134
Email: education@supportivemedicineclinic.ie