Over the last decade, great strides have been made in cancer treatment, oncology and palliative care across chronic and life-limiting illnesses, however, a shortage of cancer and palliative care ...

For an estimated 11% of Americans over age 65 who have dementia and the over 11 million unpaid caregivers supporting them, ...

Boston College offers a new Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Certificate Program for graduate students at the William F. Connell School of Nursing, the School of Social Work (BCSSW), and the School ...

Students planning to attend the PhD program at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing who are focusing their dissertation on adult palliative care, end of life (EOL) care, symptom management, or ...

This study compares a robust, culturally-based Palliative Care Tele-consult program to usual hospital care to determine whether a culturally-based Palliative Care Tele-consult program leads to lower ...

L-R: Sarada Lewis, RN, CHPN, Amy Lebolt, MSW, Julie Hirsch, RN, CHPN, Lynn Rapp, RN, CHPN. Not pictured are Lindsay High, RN, CHPN, Lori Leopold, MSW and Juliana ...

Adopting an emerging model, a Pennsylvania skilled nursing provider is expanding its reach to include palliative and other support services for chronically ill residents. Exton Post Acute, a 120-bed ...

Guest columnist Joan Hanson is director of Western Reserve Navigator, a community-based palliative care program offered by Hospice of the Western Reserve. The program earned a national Circle of Life ...

Hospice of the Western Reserve's palliative care program visits patients where they live. It has an active daily roster of about 150 people, of whom about a third reside in nursing homes, says Judy ...

HOLLAND - Hospice of Holland has a new name for its palliative care services. The organization's non-hospice palliative care program is now titled Keystone Medical Services. Denise Stancill, director ...

I was a palliative care nurse long before the discipline was formally identified. I always went out of my way to keep my patients' pain under control and their symptoms effectively addressed. In my ...