No matter how old your cat is, there will come a time when the end of their life is expected.
Palliative Care
No matter how old your cat is, there will come a time when the end of their life is expected. That may be due to a life-limiting chronic illness such as chronic kidney disease, or a more recent diagnosis, such as cancer.
Palliative care is essentially about improving the quality of the cat’s remaining life.
The quality of life of a being is often rather subjective, but there are some scoring aids that can be used to help you.
There are many different ones available, but our two favourite are these:-
Sometimes it helps to do a few different ones.
At Vet2Cat, we focus on a few clinical essentials when it comes to palliative care; for each one there are often simple solutions that when addressed can greatly improve the patient’s quality of life:-
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PAIN
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HYDRATION
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NUTRITION
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BLOOD PRESSURE ASSESSMENT
This does not distract from the importance of the cat’s emotional and mental wellbeing, and why the QOL assessment tools include aspects of happiness and interest in favourite things to do.
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If you need any further guidance, please call us 07842 570273. We can arrange a visit to provide an assessment.