Take control of your future by integrating end-of-life care planning. Learn how to ensure your wishes are respected and ...

For senior living communities, this time of togetherness presents an important opportunity to encourage meaningful, values-based conversations about end-of-life care.

A lot of these costs would diminish if people simply exercised more, ate better and lost weight. In fact, per one estimate, ...

The study of end-of-life experiences and palliative care encompasses the clinical, psychological and spiritual dimensions that mark the final stages of life. Research in this field addresses both the ...

Dana Romano's mom, Marilyn, headed home from the Dozoretz Hospice House of Hampton Roads in Virginia Beach on Monday evening after spending a few days in respite care while her family was out of town.

Goals-of-care conversations can help clinicians align treatment with patient preferences. Documenting those discussions can ...

The cover feature on correcting hospice misconceptions in this seasonal issue of CURE by Senior Editor Alex Biese elegantly ...

When her mother was diagnosed after several years of illness with posterior cortical atrophy — a rare, terminal form of Alzheimer's that progressively disrupts complex visual processing — Melinda ...

Perspectives shared by staff suggested the palliative care experience may differ by sex and gender, although there was variation in participants’ views. In palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care, ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday in his hometown of Plains, Ga., had defied expectations since entering hospice care at his home in February 2023. Although homages began to roll in ...

Andrea Fagan’s mother Mitzie Derks, a “good, stoic, Michigander” from Muskegon, would never have considered hiring someone to help with her end-of-life care after getting diagnosed with dementia. But ...