A hospice has warned it is having to turn away dying patients each week because of a funding crisis. Prospect Hospice, based ...

End-of-life care includes plenty of laughter, Kath Murray — who's been a hospice nurse and educator for more than 40 years — ...

Most people fear a dramatic, painful end. Hospice experience reveals a quieter truth that may ease anxiety and change how you think about death.

Julie McFadden worked as a hospice nurse for five years and uses social media to educate people about death and dying, including common last words ...

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, ...

Palliative care physician, Dr. Mapa, and ALS researcher, Dr. Leitner, comment on the life and death for patients with ALS as well as future researchers.

A new study from Central South University in China examined the relationship between nursing interns’ attitudes toward death and their attitudes toward hospice care, finding that emotional responses ...

However, a new national study reveals that more seniors are choosing a different path — transitioning from the high-tech world of the ICU to the comfort-focused environment of hospice. The findings ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Medical Aid in Dying is now a reality in the state of New York. The legislation signed into law by ...

Physicians in the U.S. are only marginally more likely to die at home or in hospice than other Americans, according to study results.“There have been considerable public health efforts aimed at ...

For many people, the word "hospice" conjures up the mythical Hotel California in the hit song of the same name: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." That is definitely not ...