When I tell people I’m a hospice physician, the most common response is something along the lines of, “That must be so meaningful—helping elderly people in their final moments.” I nod politely. But ...

Demand for home health care, including at-home hospice care, has skyrocketed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as has ...

What is a “good” death? That’s up to each of us to decide for ourselves, said Anne Rossignol, former director of Mercy ...

We waited nervously in the lobby of the Ely hospital for a meeting with my dad’s doctor. While we’d learned a day before that Dad — James Sr. — had cancer, we wanted a better idea of how bad it was ...

Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be. Dunnebacke lay still atop a folding table that was dressed as a bed, complaining that her ...

A hospice nurse says we shouldn’t fear death – and it is the most normal experience humans have. Penny Hawkins Smith, 62, has 20 years of experience being by people’s bedside when they die. She said ...

Benzodiazepine and antipsychotics — medications that are primarily used to treat symptoms like anxiety, agitation and delirium — may contribute to a higher risk of death among dementia patients in ...

Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical Facility aim to prevent that. Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical ...