Patients in their final weeks or months of life can turn to hospice care to manage their transition. But until then, patients have another option to help them live with serious illnesses. KERA’s Sam ...

For people living with serious and terminal illnesses, there are a number of care options available. However, there is a great deal of misunderstanding and misconceptions about what certain types of ...

Palliative and hospice care is a growing field, but until recently there has been no way for referring physicians, hospitals, payers, patients and their families to effectively evaluate a program’s ...

The body changes gradually as life approaches its end. However, several of these signs are often misunderstood or cause ...

Their very first patient didn’t want to talk. She had no family. She had no friends. And she was dying. Still, WashU students ...

Mildred Bocchino may only have a couple more months to live, but she still finds reasons to laugh. The 97-year-old Beacon resident has been living with severe pain caused by her arthritis and has ...

People often confuse palliative care and hospice care, believing both terms refer to the service available in the final months or weeks of life. Palliative care is the umbrella term for a ...

Paul Bushong has personal reasons for supporting hospice care organizations. “I’m really a little selfish. I’m planning on taking advantage of it before too long. I’ll be 91 next month,” Bushong told ...

Quality end-of-life care isn't about how you die; it's about how you live. Hospice and palliative care focuses on how dying persons and their loved ones live each day, providing comfort and guidance ...

Deborah Nanyonga, a 35-year-old widow with seven children, is battling advanced cervical cancer and HIV. She relies on Rays ...

The 10-bed palliative care ward opens at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in Broadgreen.