Comfort Care refers to care that is designed to provide comfort and dignity when curative therapy is no longer appropriate. It includes the process of relieving pain and suffering, and controlling debilitating symptoms, while not preventing the patient from dying. Comfort care usually includes administering pain medication along with oral hydration and nutrition, providing hygienic care, and preventing unnecessary complications from occurring.
Comfort Care refers to care that is designed to provide comfort and dignity when curative therapy is no longer appropriate. It includes the process of relieving pain and suffering, and controlling debilitating symptoms, while not preventing the patient from dying. Comfort care usually includes administering pain medication along with oral hydration and nutrition, providing hygienic care, and preventing unnecessary complications from occurring. This approach has been comprehensively developed within the hospice movement which provides specialized medical, nursing and support services for terminally ill patients and their families.
See:
Hospice Definition
Definition & History of Hospice & Palliative Care Fact Sheet
Hospice (Adopted from: South Australian VES — SAVES)
Palliative Care Definition