PAUL SUGAR PALLIATIVE SUPPORT FOUNDATION

PSPS FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE CARE TO PATIENTS LIVING WITH AN ADVANCED ILLNESS AS WELL AS TO THEIR FAMILIES. OUR MODEL OF CARE IS PATIENT DIRECTED FAMILY FOCUSED AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTED. IT INTEGRATES EMOTIONAL AND OTHER NON-MEDICAL SUPPORTS INTO EXISTING PATIENT CARE TO REDUCE PAIN SUFFERING LONELINESS FEAR AND THE EMOTIONAL TURMOIL THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVING WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS AND FACING DEATH. WE LISTEN. WE CONNECT. WE GUIDE. WE ADVOCATE. WE SUPPORT. OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AIM TO ADDRESS THE EMOTIONAL SOCIAL AND PRACTICAL NEEDS. SUPPORTS INCLUDE OCMPANIONSHIP GUIDANCE ADVOCACY HELP TO NAVIGATE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PROGRAMS AND DISCUSSIONS. THE PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRE IN PERSON ATTENDANCE SUCH AS ACUPUNCTURE REFLEXOLOGY AND THERAPEUTIC TOUCH HAVE RESTARTED IN A LIMITED CAPACITY WITH PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS. PROGRAMS SUCH AS PEER SUPPORT GROUPS TAPPING COUNSELING AND ADVANCE CARE PLANNING WORKSHOPS CONTINUE TO BE OFFERED THROUGH AN ONLINE VIRTUAL MEETING PLATFORM. INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF GUIDANCE ADVOCACY CONNECTION AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR ANY EXISTING AND EMERGING NEEDS IS BEING DONE IN PERSON AND BY PHONE. ALL THE SUPPORTS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE FREE THANKS TO THE DONORS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO THE DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS.