You may have a lot of hard choices to make. But if you plan for end-of-life care, it can bring you peace of mind to know your wishes will be honored. It also lowers stress on your loved ones.

Families who choose hospice or palliative care at the end of life are usually more satisfied with the quality of their loved one’s medical care. These services can help you be ready for many ...

End-of-life care ... to health care access is transportation and a lack thereof. So that's what we're choosing to focus in on the second half of our course." Zheng Li, an MBA candidate in the Health, ...

In 2023, Kusner felt called back to end-of-life care and became a certified death doula. Since then, she has worked around the Iowa City area providing comfort, care, and emotional support for those ...

Hospice care is as much about how you want to live as it is about how you want to die. "At the end of life, the concept of hope often changes for people, and their hope shifts to other priorities ...

Opinions expressed are those of the author. Access to quality end-of-life care can mean the difference between comfort and distress in a person’s final days. Yet, millions of Americans still ...

This is how my father lived in the Alzheimer’s stage of his life ... our wishes at the end. Jim deMaine Seattle The writer, a former pulmonary and critical care physician, is the author of ...

When people are dying it changes… People facing life-threatening illnesses often access palliative care to ease their pain and help with difficult end-of-life choices. But for those living in ...

End of life beliefs, customs, and values vary widely depending on the cultural and religious background of the patient. Care at the end of life should recognize, assess, and address the ...