GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4)- Although physical care is an essential component of hospice services, hospice organizations offer several resources to meet patients’ individual needs and to support them ...

Hospice care aims to provide physical and emotional comfort—not a cure—to patients with serious illness that are nearing the end of their life. Jimmy Carter opted to begin hospice care, the Carter ...

A new poll reveals large gaps in older adults' knowledge about two types of care that could help them or their loved ones cope with a major illness or the end of life: palliative care and hospice.

Patients with certain types of cancer are not using hospice services and hospice use is not equitable among patients from minority groups. Use of hospice services by patients with cancer has increased ...

Most people are not familiar with the value hospice can provide in the last months, weeks or days of life. There is no need to be afraid of hospice, and healthcare providers should encourage their ...

There comes a time when we may be faced with the decision to choose hospice care for a loved one. Choosing hospice means ...

Has someone in your life ever needed hospice care? This type of medical care is often recommended when people have ...

More than four decades ago, a small group of Owensboro residents came together to ensure that no one in the community would ...

Gulfside Hospice, in Pasco County, provides three types of care for people with chronic or advanced illness. At the heart of Gulfside’s mission, Gulfside Hospice serves those at the end of life, ...

Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Patients receiving care from for-profit hospices have substantially worse care experiences than patients who receive care from not-for-profit hospices, according to a new study from RAND Corporation ...