About This Location
Filling the gaps in healthcare with education, navigation, and hands-on help. At the MarinHealth Supportive Care Center, we empower patients and their caregivers by providing the access, education, and support you need to navigate your medical care. Through one on one, individualized care, we help address health needs that go beyond the standard office visit. Led by Dr. Joshua Biddle and Kora Schmid, BCC, an ordained interfaith minister, the clinic is an innovative resource for both patients and caregivers.
The Supportive Care Center acts as an extra layer of support for patients and families navigating serious illness. Our priority is to help patients restore their quality of life and remedy the pains and stresses that come with serious illness. Our team collaborates with and supports the patient’s primary care provider and other specialists to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care.
Who We Serve
The Supportive Care Center is designed to support patients with serious illness including cancer, lung disease (COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.), heart disease (CHF, etc.), kidney failure, advanced liver disease, and neurodegenerative diseases (dementia, Parkinson’s, MS, etc.). We are also happy to see any patient whom the referring physician thinks may benefit from services.
Our Services Include:
- Palliative Care
- Assessment and review of patient's plan of care, including understanding a patient’s goals of care
- Symptom management (anxiety, depression, pain, nausea, constipation, insomnia, fatigue, weight loss, shortness of breath, and psychological, emotional, and spiritual distress)
- Guidance with difficult and complex treatment choices
- Management and communication of treatment options to the patient, family, and loved ones
- Download our Palliative Care Brochure to learn more (English | Spanish)
- Advanced Care Planning
- Discussions and support around advance health directives, POLST forms, and more
- Support and Guidance
- Connecting patients and families to community resources
- Offering psychological, emotional, and spiritual support to patients and families through counselling offered by a social worker and spiritual counselor
- Help navigating the healthcare system
Donating to MarinHealth’s Supportive Care Center
MarinHealth’s Supportive Care Center is supported in part by charitable gifts to the MarinHealth Foundation. Donations are used to strengthen and expand our services, including funding staff training, community outreach, workshops and support groups, and providing direct financial support for patients to help with basic needs like over-the-counter medications, food, housing, transportation to medical appointments, and other necessities.
To learn more or make a gift that advances the compassionate mission of the Supportive Care Center, visit https://www.mymarinhealth.org/foundation/ or contact MarinHealth Foundation at 415-925-7770 or Foundation@MyMarinHealth.org.