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Supportive care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.

Supportive care is provided by a specially trained team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other specialists who work together with a patient’s other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. Supportive care is based on the needs of the patient, not on the patient’s prognosis. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness, and it can be provided along with curative treatment.1

Source

1 Center to Advance Palliative Care. (n.d.). About Palliative Care. CAPC – Center to Advance Palliative Care. Retrieved from https://www.capc.org/about/palliative-care/