Mercy Clinic Palliative Care – Fort Smith

Mercy Clinic Palliative Care - Fort Smith is a medical clinic in Fort Smith, AR, located at 7303 Rogers Ave Ste 100. It offers supportive care and pain management designed to ease pain and stress for people with serious illnesses. The clinic combines traditional medical therapies with treatment of emotional, social, and spiritual needs to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families. It holds a rating of 3.00 based on 6 reviews.

The clinic emphasizes open communication between patients and providers, encouraging individuals to ask questions, write them down before appointments, or bring a loved one to help. Services focus on helping patients decide how well treatment is working and whether to continue it based on personal goals, such as attending a family event or focusing on quality of life. The team assists with managing pain and treatment side effects through prescribed medicines. They also address emotional and social challenges by helping patients and loved ones talk through feelings and stressful family situations, and may assist with arranging transportation or finding resources for medicine costs.

Spiritual concerns are addressed by a team that may include a chaplain or spiritual advisor to help patients process questions about their illness and life meaning. The clinic supports patients in pursuing personal goals and dreams, such as traveling or reuniting with family. For those with less than 6 to 12 months to live, the clinic discusses hospice care options available in nursing homes, hospitals, or homes. They also guide patients in completing advance directives, legal papers that specify care preferences at the end of life, including decisions about life-sustaining machines.

Mercy Clinic Palliative Care - Fort Smith is part of the Mercy health system, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. The system’s heritage traces back to 1827 and Catherine McAuley, who opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin. The clinic operates under the system’s values of dignity, excellence, justice, service, and stewardship. Mercy complies with federal civil rights laws and provides language assistance and auxiliary aids for people with disabilities.

Mercy Clinic Palliative Care - Fort Smith provides compassionate, holistic support for serious illness in Fort Smith, AR, addressing medical, emotional, and spiritual needs alongside the Mercy health system’s long-standing mission.

The clinic is situated on Rogers Avenue, approximately 0.1 miles from the main stretch of the road. It is located about 0.2 miles from Mercy Hospital Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Post Office.

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Services:

• Cardiology Services
• Emotional, social and spiritual needs treatment
• Improving quality of life for patients and families
• Internal Medicine
• OB/GYN
• Pediatrics
• Primary Care
• Supportive care and pain management