palliative care

There is little help from the government for families who need a home health aide, unless they are poor.

The tool aims to predict a patient's chances of dying within 5-90 days of admission, helping care teams to decide...

Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed reported that healthcare professionals never had brought up end-of-life planning.

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital say AI technology could be used in a hybrid platform...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is joining forces with Carnegie Mellon University and Cornell University on a Defense Department-funded project to...

Edison, New Jersey-based Vital Decisions specializes in end-of-life care.

End-of-life care too often falls short of its promise to help a patient live fully?sacrificing quality of life for symptom...

Home health agencies across the country are grappling with a significant change as of Jan. 1 in how Medicare pays...

When nurses reported less frequent use of palliative care for their patients, they tended to experience higher levels of moral...

When it comes to where we die, the U.S. has reached a tipping point. Home is now the most common...

New York state has laws governing what healthcare providers are obligated to provide to patients and families facing end-of-life decisions....

The study found that 90% of hospitals with palliative care are in urban areas, and 17% of rural hospitals with...