**2. Understanding 'Home based palliative care' (Home PAL)**

Home PAL is a form of palliative care that provides all the basic needs (physical, psychological, and moral) to the patient who is suffering from a chronic debilitating disease like advanced cancer, lung, renal, cardiac disease or may be dementia [7], in their homes or in a homely environment. The Home Pal is provided by a trained multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, volunteers and others as per the need of the disease progression. The care provided by the team is at par with the standard palliative care practiced in the hospitals, institutions or hospices [8].

Teams of doctors, nurses, social workers and chaplains travel primarily to patients' homes and also to the rehabilitation centres and help in long term care of the patients, who are suffering from terminal illnesses.
