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Palliative Care
Palliative Medicine is an interdisciplinary approach focused on relieving suffering and improving the quality of life for people with serious or chronic illnesses. The Mary Lanning palliative care team is here to help you feel better through specialized expertise in managing symptoms. We are here to help you and your family determine what is most important to you in line with your goals and values and to help you navigate how to match your medical care with these goals. Our role is to provide holistic care covering body, mind, and spirit so you and your family can experience the best quality of life during a potentially overwhelming time.
Palliative Care is care the for the Whole Person
- Whole person care means providing physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual support for those with serious illnesses.
- Palliative care can be provided at any stage of illness throughout curative treatments.
- The primary goal of palliative care is to help promote an improved quality of life through symptom management, help in aligning treatment options with patient goals, and assistance with advance care planning.
The Palliative Care Team works in conjunction with the patient’s physician(s) to help the patient and family members define their goals of healthcare treatment and care, and to assess current and anticipated resources to help meet these goals. The team may continue to meet intermittently with the patient depending upon his or her plans and individual needs. A Palliative Care consultation may be arranged for a patient at Mary Lanning Healthcare. Physicians, other clinicians, patients and families may contact the Palliative Care Team with questions or for assistance.
Palliative Care at MLH
KHAS Radio - Close Up Program
November 2021
Carrie Edwards, the Director of Home Care Services, and Cindy Kathman, APRN, talk to Sunrise 60 Close Up about Palliative Care.
If you cannot find the service you’re looking for, please contact the Home Care Department at:
402-461-5161.
Please call Mary Lanning Palliative Care at 402-461-5263 for more information 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Our Qualified Medical Professionals
Betsy Quandt of Loup City
For Loup City mother Betsy Quandt, having choices and a voice was most important for her when she chose to deliver her babies at Mary Lanning Healthcare.
“When you go to the hospital, you have to kind of give up your autonomy to them in many ways,” Quandt said. “It’s really uncomfortable if you aren’t on the same page.”
Quandt’s first child, Ronin, was stillborn. Her second child, Hudson, now 5, was born early and had to spend several weeks in the NICU. Quandt said she is still…
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Megan Higer of Hastings
Not many 30-year-olds spend a lot of time thinking about breast cancer. Luckily, Megan Higer did...
Because Megan’s mom had already been through breast cancer treatment, Megan knew what to do when a self-exam revealed reason for concern. The
Hastings veterinary assistant said she didn’t think twice about getting in touch with the Morrison Cancer Center.
Following surgery, Megan underwent chemotherapy with Dr. Soe Min Tun and Carlene Springer, APRN, and has recently completed…
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Greg Sinner of Hastings
For Hastings resident Greg Sinner, life changed on February 1, 2023, when he was told he had cancer.
“One minute, life is routine and running fast; then the doctor sits you down and tells you that you have cancer, and everything changes.”
Right away, Sinner was put in touch with the Morrison Cancer Center and Dr. M. Sitki Copur, where he had an appointment a few days later. Dr. Copur created an aggressive plan of radiation and chemotherapy to shrink Sinner’s tumor. The goal was…
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