Palliative care is the active, total care of patients who suffer from chronic and/or serious diseases and can be offered in conjunction with curative therapies to ease pain and other distressing symptoms. The goal of palliative care is to achieve the best possible quality of life by addressing the physical, emotional and spiritual symptoms of patients and their families.  

What Can I Expect From Palliative Care?
Patients can expect relief from distressing symptoms, such as pain, infection, shortness of breath, dyspnea, fatigue, nausea, depression and/or insomnia. The palliative care team will offer patients important information about their illnesses and explain the options with regard to medical care procedures and or prescribed therapies. Patients will be supported to continue to carry out the activities of their daily lives. They will not be abandoned.  

All patients must be referred by their physicians. For more information on the Palliative Care Program, please call:

Program Coordinator
Leslie Blatt, APRN
(203) 576-5398
leslieblatt@stvincents.org

Medical Director
Dr. Daniel Wollman, M.D., Ph.D.