Kylie Chaffin stresses the importance of patient education about nutrition and hydration towards the end of life.

Hospice Care Ratings examined data from KFF and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization to highlight changes in ...

Hospice provides comprehensive in-home care and support for people who are approaching the end of their life. What will it ...

If you or a loved one are considering hospice, the medical director for Cleveland Clinic Hospice opens up about what to ...

Emotional and Psychological Signs of End-Stage Kidney Disease People ... Without dialysis, end-of-life care becomes the priority. Hospice and/or palliative care teams work with people experiencing ...

Walkers are also welcome to hike Mud Creek Trail at their convenience between April 28 and May 3. Memorial signs will be set ...

Only one-third of US adults have discussed end-of-life wishes. The Stanford Letter Project gives you the tools to ensure you ...

For 10 years, the Regional Hospice’s Center for Comfort Care & Healing in Danbury has offered comfort, compassion and a home ...

We also discuss the recent amicus brief they filed on behalf of nearly 30 end of life and palliative care providers in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While there is ...

A hospice nurse has highlighted two significant changes in breathing that occur as people near the end of life—changes that ... and that these changes are not signs of suffering but part of ...

When you first hear that a family member or friend is entering hospice care, time seems to both stop and accelerate simultaneously. This transition marks one of life’s most profound thresholds ...

The second change, known as the "death rattle," is a gurgling or rattling sound that occurs when a person breathes. This happens because, as the body shuts down, saliva and mucus accumulate in the ...