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Nantucket hospital staff outline palliative care program, free services and May outreach week
Summary
Debbie Dolan of Nantucket Cottage Hospital described the hospital's palliative and supportive care program to the Council on Aging, saying the program serves roughly 75 patients, offers home and hospital visits, runs support groups, and is fully funded by the foundation so services remain free.
Debbie Dolan, nurse practitioner and manager of Nantucket Cottage Hospital’s palliative and supportive care program, told the Council on Aging that the program provides specialized, multidisciplinary care for people with serious illnesses and their caregivers.
"I am a nurse practitioner and the manager for our program," Dolan said, describing a team that includes two part‑time RNs, a part‑time counselor, a volunteer chaplain and about 10 community volunteers. She said the program visits patients in homes, in clinic and in the hospital and that it seeks to improve quality of life for both…
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