What to Expect

The goal of our interdisciplinary team — comprised of a physician, nurse practitioner, social worker and chaplain — is to improve quality of life for patients and their families by providing relief from symptoms, pain and stress, whatever their diagnosis may be. Our team works with a patient’s other healthcare providers to offer an extra layer of support.

At Overlake, our team can help with:

• Expert management of pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, nausea, constipation, and sleep problems.
• Understanding what to expect throughout illness.
• Evaluating treatment options and establishing treatment goals.
• Social and spiritual support.
• Help with stress and uncertainty of serious illness.
• Obtaining community resources and education.
• Improved communication and coordination with all healthcare providers.
• Education and assistance with advance care planning.

We most often work with those who have:

• Chronic, progressive or complex medical conditions.
• Suffer from pain or other symptoms due to a serious illness.
• Experienced multiple visits to the emergency room or readmissions to the hospital for the same concerns.
• Patient family members are experiencing psychosocial, spiritual or caregiver distress.
• Need help understanding what to expect over the course of their serious illness and need support with decision making and treatment goals.