What’s the Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care?
For people with advanced, terminal disease the difference between hospice and palliative care can be much more than an academic…
For people with advanced, terminal disease the difference between hospice and palliative care can be much more than an academic…
Did you know that even though Medicare’s hospice benefit pays 100% for a range of home services, Medicare saves money…
Today’s healthcare system increasingly calls on family caregivers to provide healthcare services at home. Given that a person’s own home…
Multiple medical guidelines recommend limiting the use of aggressive treatments at the end of life and making hospice the main…
One of the long-standing complaints of hospice care has been that patients see less of their trusted family doctors while…
Headlines this week have covered the unfortunate news that former first lady Barbara Bush, wife to former president George H.W.…
As we see our relatives and loved ones grow older, we realise that they don't have the same healthfulness and…
Most of us hear of hospice only at the very last stages of a loved one’s life. It is not…
The final days of life should be simple, comfortable, and spent in the least possible pain. It's a sensible sentiment,…
Aging well seems like such a simple prospect: keep active, stay mentally alert, and maintain a social calendar that ties…