Racial Disparities in End-Of-Life Conversations
End-of-Life conversations between a patient and a healthcare provider or social worker (also known as advanced care planning) have been…
End-of-Life conversations between a patient and a healthcare provider or social worker (also known as advanced care planning) have been…
Various review boards have described advance care planning as a critical component of high-quality healthcare for people with a potentially…
It may sound paradoxical, but physical therapy and other rehab can be an important part of hospice services. People in…
The legal, financial, and healthcare systems have built-in rights for spouses and next of kin. However, many people late in…
According to a survey of 371 hospice providers published in February’s Journal of the American Medical Association, family caregivers, relatives,…
A report just published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society estimates that every day in America roughly 2,700…
This past December, The New England Journal of Medicine published a report noting a historic shift in where Americans spend…
Medicare pays 100% for hospice if patients have a life expectancy of six months or less and they are not…
Hospice is a Medicare-covered service of symptom control for patients nearing the end of life and of emotional support for…
For most of us, there will come a time in our lives when we are sitting in an exam room…