{"id":1808,"date":"2025-07-14T08:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/en\/?page_id=1808"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:51:01","slug":"intensive-caring-for-patients-and-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/en\/intensive-caring-for-patients-and-families.html","title":{"rendered":"Intensive Caring for Patients and Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-theme-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cfaae3b0ef2cfa5f30ed7cd3e36fe496\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>&#8220;You matter because you are you, and you matter to the last moment of your life.&#8221; &#8211; Dame Cicely Saunders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This quote is foundational to palliative care, reminding us that patients\u2014no matter how sick they may be\u2014are people whose lives matter. Intensive Caring is an empirically-based approach designed to help us be with and respond to those who are suffering. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These articles provide more details on intensive caring for <a href=\"https:\/\/ascopubs.org\/doi\/10.1200\/JCO.23.00042\">patients<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/10.1089\/jpm.2023.0654?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed\">families<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Reminding Patients They Matter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To support your clinical practice, consider downloading this infographic on the principles of Intensive Caring. This can be shared with your colleagues and\/or hung in your office. Scroll down for the poster in Portuguese, German, and French.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IntensiveCaringInfographicFinal-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of IntensiveCaringInfographicFinal.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a517c8dd-09d3-4c32-a604-638aa65d8f96\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IntensiveCaringInfographicFinal-1.pdf\">IntensiveCaringInfographicFinal<\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IntensiveCaringInfographicFinal-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a517c8dd-09d3-4c32-a604-638aa65d8f96\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Translations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>Portuguese:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-eecddddd-5dc9-4c2b-af51-700a55a28f2b\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intensive-Caring-Infographic-Portuguese.pdf\">Intensive Caring Infographic-Portuguese<\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Intensive-Caring-Infographic-Portuguese.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-eecddddd-5dc9-4c2b-af51-700a55a28f2b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>German:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9b762a87-aa26-4726-8740-80f3ba068037\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2505025-Intensive-Caring-Infographic-GER-v1.pdf\">2505025 Intensive Caring Infographic GER v1<\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2505025-Intensive-Caring-Infographic-GER-v1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9b762a87-aa26-4726-8740-80f3ba068037\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>French:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8753a210-039b-4ad8-8bf4-f48d945e8fd3\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2505025-Intensive-Caring-Infographic-FR-v1.pdf\">2505025 Intensive Caring Infographic FR v1<\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2505025-Intensive-Caring-Infographic-FR-v1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-8753a210-039b-4ad8-8bf4-f48d945e8fd3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>Arabic:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fcd81397-4440-42db-a026-c042a9b7362d\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arabic_Intensive-Caring-Infographic.pdf\">Arabic_Intensive Caring Infographic<\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Arabic_Intensive-Caring-Infographic.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fcd81397-4440-42db-a026-c042a9b7362d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong>Russian:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-75c7a406-172a-468a-bdf6-f11e99c6576e\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Russian_Intensive-Caring-Infographic.pdf\">Russian_Intensive Caring Infographic<\/a><a 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