Home Care Service For Mesothelioma Patients

How to Choose the Best Home Care Service For Mesothelioma Patients

A mesothelioma patient will need help with diet and nutrition, physical therapy, home health aides, speech and respiratory therapy, personal care, emotional support, volunteer services, pharmacy, support from clergy, and other kinds of care.

Also skilled nursing services involving the use of an oncology nurse specialist, who is an expert in cancer care might be available for home care treatment of the mesothelioma patient. Many of these same services are also offered as part of hospice care.

Some of the home care services that could be provided for the mesothelioma patient are:

- chemotherapy

- immunotherapy or biologic therapy (which use different parts of the body’s immune system to fight cancer or lessen the side effects of some cancer treatments)

- blood products

- pain management

- antibiotic treatment

- nutritional support

- anti-emetic therapy (treatment for vomiting)

- hydration (giving of fluids, usually IV or through a feeding tube, for patients who cannot drink enough liquids). These infusion therapies can be given at home by home care agencies. [...]