Supportive and Palliative Care
Compassionate support every step of the way
Supportive and palliative care is a special approach to caring for people with serious illnesses. It helps to make them feel better by managing pain and other symptoms, providing mental and clinical support, and improving their quality of life. This care can be provided at any stage of the illness, along with treatments that try to cure the disease.
Services we provide
Discover a caring team of specialists devoted to working with your doctors and care team to help you and your loved ones:
- Symptom management: Relief from pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, and difficulty sleeping.
- Emotional support: Help with coping strategies and emotional support for both patients and their families.
- Coordination of care: Working with your other doctors to ensure that all aspects of your care are coordinated.
- Advance care planning: Assistance with discussing and planning for future health care preferences.
Clinical care:
- Symptom management
- Personal health conversations, what matters most to you
- Counseling support
- Resource connections
Your care team
Michelle Owens, DO, FAAHPM
Brooke Wagen, MD
Christine Celio, ACNS-BC, ACHPN
April Collmer, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
Maria Mendoza-Rodriguez, RN
Get the support you need to manage your care
Talk to your care team if you want to learn more and get a referral to our Supportive and Palliative Care.
Central Health, Travis County’s Hospital District, provides these specialty care services to members of the Medical Access Program (MAP) and MAP Basic after referral from a primary care provider.
If you are not a MAP member and want to apply to or learn more about the program, click here or call 512.978.8130.