Palliative Care
Mills-Peninsula’s Palliative Care Program helps patients and their families deal with difficult issues resulting from serious chronic illnesses and preparation for the end of life. The goal is to improve quality of life with better management of pain and other symptoms.
Specially trained nurses consult with patients, families and attending physicians to assess needs and provide support, both in the hospital and later at home.
Weekly care conferences bring together a variety of specialists to discuss cases including inpatient care physicians, oncology nurse specialists, pharmacists, social workers, behavioral health experts, pain specialists, discharge planners, chaplains, complementary care providers and dieticians.
Bereavement Resources
Peninsula Area
Daughters-Support for Grieving the loss of a Mother: (650)323-1535
Grief Support of Children and Adults (Palo Alto) Drop in Support Group: (650) 321-5272
HAND: Help After Neonatal Death: (650) 692-6655
Magnolia Senior Center: For parents who have lost children at any age: (650) 829-3820
Mary Moray, individual counseling: (650) 654-3346
Mid-Peninsula Pathways Hospice: (888) 755-7855
Mills-Peninsula Loss, Grief and Recovery: (800) 654-9966
Mission Hospice: (650) 554-1000
Oak Tree Bereavement Center (Pacifica): (415) 806-7169
Our Lady of Angels, Burlingame On-going bereavement support groups: (650) 344-3579
Stan Friedman, Ph.D., individual counseling: (650) 342-5900
Sutter VNA Hospice (650) 685-2821
Young Survivors Group (under 55): (650) 323-1535
San Francisco
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center: (415) 750-4197
Catholic Charities/ Grief Care: (415) 564-7882
Family Caregiver Alliance: (415) 434-3388
Hospice By the Bay: (415) 387-9782
Laguna Honda Hospice: (415) 759-3375
Pastoral Care Department Institute for Health and Healing: (415) 600-3939
SAND-Support after Neonatal death: (415) 282-7330
Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San Francisco: (415) 750-4404 ext. 21746