Timely Interventions to Enable and Reach Patients With Heart Failure, and Their Caregivers With Palliative Care

The patient will be assigned to one of the three levels of care which is determined by the results given by Distress Thermometer (DT) and the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale (IPOS).

Patient continues on clinical care by his/her cardiologist. If the cardiologist picks up their symptoms or other concerns, he/or can be referred to a specialist palliative care physician by the cardiologist.