Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think ...

I’ve spent more than a decade in hospice care, sitting at the bedsides of people facing the final days of their lives. I’ve held hands in hospital rooms, in tents, in prison cells, and in homes that ...

Hospice care is a type and philosophy of care that centers on the palliation of a terminally or seriously ill patient's pain ...

As New York expands the legal framework for end-of-life choice, it must also ensure hospice remains strong, offering the ...

We know how difficult it is to sit with a loved one who's dying. As they near the end of their life, especially if they have a terminal illness or are in hospice, it's natural to want to watch them ...

Increasing demand for end-of-life assistance likely as annual fatalities forecast to rise by ’40% over next 20 years’ ...

The Irish Hospice Foundation warns that Ireland may face a crisis in end-of-life care, should under-resourcing continue.

For the first time since the early 20th century, more people in United States are dying at home than at the hospital, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on ...

What is a “good” death? That’s up to each of us to decide for ourselves, said Anne Rossignol, former director of Mercy ...

Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics increased risk of death, compared to hospice patients not prescribed the drugs The drugs are handed out to manage agitation, anxiety and delerium THURSDAY, Oct. 16, ...

As New York state moves toward the implementation of Medical Aid in Dying legislation, Chautauqua Hospice & Palliative Care (CHPC) is reaffirming its unwavering commitment to supporting individuals ...