Peer Responses – Financial Elements of Palliative Care
Responding to Shajaira
Hello Shajaira,
I appreciate the thoughtful and valuable information you’ve provided about the financial elements of palliative care. Indeed, the financial cost of caring for people with serious illnesses may be tremendous and frequently ignored. It is critical to remember that caregivers, frequently family members or close friends, face not just the emotional burden of caring for their loved ones but also the financial burden (Gonzalez-Lara et al., 2021). This fact emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to palliative care that considers the patient’s medical requirements and the practical obstacles that their caregivers confront. Your inclusion of travel fees, accommodation, and everyday costs provides light on the bigger picture of caregivers’ financial burden, and addressing these difficulties is a critical step toward delivering holistic palliative care. It is evident that financial issues should be included in the discussion of palliative care, and finding solutions to ease these burdens for caregivers is an important goal. Thank you for your important contribution.
References
Gonzalez-Lara, L. E., Munce, S., Christian, J., Owen, A. M., Weijer, C., & Webster, F. (2021). The multiplicity of caregiving burden: a qualitative analysis of families with prolonged disorders of consciousness. Brain Injury, 35(2), 200–208. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1865565
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Question 
Financial Elements of Palliative Care
Hello Shajaira,
Thank you for your informative post.
You make an excellent point when you mention that while patients are receiving palliative care, financial concerns should be addressed. The incidental expenses connected to long-term illnesses are frequently disregarded. Travel expenses for medical treatment, housing, and daily expenses, higher food expenditures because of time constraints and the desire for convenience, and child or adult care services are just a few examples of these expenses. The average yearly costs of caring are greatest for long-distance caregivers. Some caregivers may have to borrow money from their savings or retirement, take on debt, or put off getting their own health issues treated in order to cover these expenditures (Hebdon et al., 2022).