Cardiac Special Care Program
 The
Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center has developed
an innovative cardiac program for people with advanced cardiac
disease. The Cardiac Special Care Program has been designed
to meet the special needs of advanced-stage cardiac patients
and their families by helping them to maintain both function
and quality of life. The goals of the Cardiac Special Care
Program are to provide excellence in care to the patient,
increase family/caregiver confidence and coping, as well
as help the patient accomplish important personal goals.
The Cardiac Special Care Program is available in the patients
place of residence either home, assisted living or nursing
home, as well as at SBHPCC’s inpatient units at Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center and Community
Medical Center. The specially-trained staff of Saint Barnabas
Hospice and Palliative Care Center works in collaboration
with the patient’s primary care physician and with
SBHPCC’s medical directors.
Many patients with end-stage chronic illnesses do not have
access to community resources because of the uncertainty
of their illness. Adequate physical and psychosocial support
is very important for anyone coping with the social isolation
and burden of a chronic progressive illness like advanced
cardiac disease. We at The Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative
Care Center, have incorporated that important approach into
the model of The Cardiac Special Care Program.
For more information on the Cardiac Special Care Program,
contact
Northern and Central New Jersey – 973-322-4800
Monmouth County – 732-923-6226
Ocean County – 732-818-6800
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