Palliative care is:• Appropriate at any stage in a serious illness, and it is beneficial when provided along with treatmentsof curative or life-prolonging intent.• Provided over time to patients based on their needs and not their prognosis.• Offered in all care settings and by various organizations, such as physician practices, health systems,cancer centers, dialysis units, home health agencies, hospices, and long-term care providers.• Focused on what is most important to the patient, family, and caregiver(s), assessing their goals andpreferences and determining how best to achieve them.• Interdisciplinary to attend to the holistic care needs of the patient and their identified family andcaregivers.