Palliative care will be there 24/7- its nott a special team of nurses, just that his care will be palliative.
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.
Palliative care is provided by a specially-trained team of doctors, nurses and other specialists who work together with a patient’s other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. Palliative care is based on the needs of the patient, not on the patient’s prognosis. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness,
He wont recieve any more antibiotics for his Pneumonia- they have ceased to work, they will now help him live out whatever time he has left , keping him as comfortable as possible.
hs swallow HAS gone- in the food is now entering his lungs rather than/as well as his stomach- he is no longer swallowing correctly.
if he was enfortunate enough to say break his leg, they would simply plaster it if they kept him comfortable.
His life is coming to an end, its hard, but there comes a pointthat in fairness to him, this has to be the case- look how he has struggled the last few weeks