Palliative care, specialized medical care focusing on providing relief from the symptoms—including pain—and the stress of serious illness, is underutilized in nursing homes, despite the large number ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

Diane E. Meier ( [email protected]) is a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine in the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City. Betty Lim is an assistant professor of geriatrics and ...

When a nursing home patient is dying, aggressive interventions such as inserting a feeding tube or sending the patient to the emergency room can futilely exacerbate, rather than relieve, their ...

A majority of nursing home residents are eligible for palliative care, but don’t get the kind of support needed to relieve their symptoms and improve their quality of life, according to a UC San ...

Specialist palliative-care nurses ensure that patients receive timely, appropriate treatment, but there is a lack of trained professionals, says Pregamol Rutchanagul, dean of the Faculty of Nursing at ...

Marie Donnelly, one of Northern Ireland's first advanced nurse practitioners in palliative care, now supports patients across Omagh and Fermanagh for the Western Trust.

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious ...