Nurses play a critical role in recognizing and responding to end-of-life needs in aged care, often identifying signs of ...

Credit: Getty Images. Clinicians who work at skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes can be crucial to improve the quality of end-of-life care for residents, according to a new study.. During ...

The study of 2,091,954 nursing home residents aged 65 and older, during a period from January 2012 to December 2019, found that SNFists managed about 46 percent of this group.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Ben Marcantonio of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, about in hospice care, how the focus is not about preparing for death, but for living a full life.

Hospice: Common myths about the end-of-life care option It has been one year since Jimmy Carter entered hospice, which often is for patients facing incurable diseases. Contrary to popular belief ...

Jiayun Xu, an assistant professor of nursing in Purdue University’s School of Nursing, is working to transform advance care planning for individuals with Parkinson’s disease, their families and ...

End-of-life planning—also known as advance care planning, or ACP—usually requires a person to fill out legal documents that indicate the care they would want if they were to become unable to ...

How hospice helps patients and families navigate end-of-life care. Former president Jimmy Carter’s wish to enter hospice care has raised awareness about how families cope with the dying process.

When patients experience terminal health conditions, they may seek palliative care or pain management as they prepare for end-of-life scenarios. Palliative care nurse practitioners (NPs) offer ...

They compared nursing home residents’ care in the last 30 days of their lives with the care for non-institutionalized patients living in ... The health care system could improve end-of-life care.

In this week's Last Call, Rev. Joelle Johns serves as pastor of First Congregational Church of Princeton, talks about her ...