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Palliative Care
Palliative Care Palliative Care is an interdisciplinary approach focused on relieving suffering and improving the quality of life for people with serious or chronic illnesses. Control of pain or other symptoms and psychological, social and spiritual concerns are simultaneously considered to develop an individualized plan of care for the patient.
A Palliative Care consultation allows patients to keep their current physician(s). 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, as well as patients in the community. 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 402-460-5868 for more information 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Our Qualified Medical Professionals
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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Doug Kristensen of Kearney
Doug Kristensen, University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor, recently shared about his experience as a patient at the MLH Wound Center:
When Doug Kristensen was told hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy could help him, he was worried.
The Minden resident did not relish the thought of driving to Lincoln or Omaha every day to get the treatment for his bladder, which was damaged from radiation therapy at an independent facility. But he was encouraged when he found out the treatment was available…
Cheryl Moeller of Grand Island
When Grand Island resident Cheryl Moeller discovered she had lung cancer a year ago, she had her family and friends on her side. In addition, she said, she knew exactly where she wanted to go for help: Dr. M. Sitki Copur and the Morrison Cancer Center.
Cheryl said all employees at the Morrison Cancer Center in Grand Island and on the Mary Lanning Healthcare Oncology Unit were “fabulous.”
“They were right there with me the whole time,” she said. “The whole staff saw me at the good…
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