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 ...

Palliative care is provided to all patients with serious illness, regardless of their prognosis. “Like palliative care, hospice provides comprehensive comfort care, as well as support for the family,” ...

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

New guidance from the American Heart Association (AHA) emphasizes the need to integrate palliative care into treatment plans for older heart patients. The scientific statement, published in ...

Ordering a palliative care consultation by "default"—via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose—is an effective strategy to give more ...

In the intensive care unit (ICU), every second counts when treating critically ill patients. But among the cutting-edge technologies, there is rarely any sort of defined process to swiftly identify ...

Dr. Debra Lundquist, PhD, RN and Dr. Arun Ghoshal, MD, MBBS discuss the new update to the palliative care for patients with cancer guideline developed by an interdisciplinary Expert Panel. They share ...

McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. McMaster University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. In a medical system that seems to be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A nurse-led early palliative care intervention improved knowledge and disease preparedness among patients with ...

Too many patients are spending their last days in hospital amid financial pressures, a parliamentary committee has warned.

Many of the most supported palliative care programs struggle to provide spiritual care for palliative care patients, an issue that has become more significant as patients have increasingly diverse ...

At the Nainital Lit Fest, poet Jerry Pinto presenting his book, A Good Life: The Power of Palliative Care, asked why just one ...