Solace Palliative Care
Care that holds you
through the hardest season.
Medical precision and unhurried presence — for patients and the families who love them.
Who are you seeking care for?
A question families ask
Is palliative care the same as hospice?
This is the question we hear most often — and the confusion causes families to wait too long before calling us.
"Palliative care means we're giving up on treatment."
Palliative care can begin the day of a serious diagnosis and run alongside any curative or life-prolonging treatment.
"If we call palliative care, they'll stop the chemo."
Our team coordinates with oncologists and specialists. We manage symptoms so treatment is more tolerable — not less.
"Hospice and palliative care are the same thing."
Hospice is one type of palliative care, for when curative treatment has ended. Palliative care is available at any stage, for any serious illness.
"Calling palliative care means the end is near."
Many of our patients receive palliative care for months or years while continuing active treatment and living at home.
"They didn't try to fix what couldn't be fixed. They just made sure my father wasn't afraid. That was everything."
Patricia O'Brien · daughter of a Solace patient
A question families ask
Will my mother be in pain?
Pain management is the most urgent question families carry into our first conversation. Here is what we can tell you with certainty.
"I'm afraid she'll suffer and no one will respond fast enough."
Our nurses are reachable 24 hours a day. Medication adjustments can be made by phone, and home visits happen within hours when needed.
"Strong pain medication will make her unconscious or confused."
We titrate carefully — the goal is comfort and alertness together. Most patients on a well-managed morphine protocol feel more present, not less.
"She'll become addicted to the medication."
Addiction is a physiological response to misuse. Medically supervised pain management for serious illness works differently — the focus is function and comfort.
"The hospital wouldn't give her enough. You won't either."
Palliative care teams are specialists in symptom management. Adequate pain control is not a privilege — it is a standard of care we hold ourselves to.
A question families ask
Can we still pursue treatment?
The word "palliative" sometimes feels like a door closing. We want to show you it's the opposite.
"Accepting palliative care means we've chosen comfort over cure."
Palliative care is not a trade-off. Clinical trials, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy can all continue alongside our support.
"Our oncologist will think we've lost hope."
Most oncologists actively refer patients to palliative care. Studies show patients who receive both live longer and report better quality of life.
"Once we sign something, we can't change our minds."
Every decision in palliative care is revisable. Advance directives are living documents. Goals of care conversations happen as often as families need them.
"We don't know enough to make these decisions."
You don't have to. Our care navigators translate medical language into plain terms — and they sit with you for as long as it takes to feel certain.
Free resource
The Family Guide to Palliative Care
A printable guide covering medication management, conversation frameworks, what to expect week by week, and how to talk with children about serious illness.
Pain and symptom management explained in plain language
How to have goals-of-care conversations with your family
What comfort measures mean — and what they don't
Week-by-week guide to what families can expect
Not ready to download? Talk to a care navigator now — no forms, no wait.