Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think about dying. View Entire Post › ...

Hospice Nurse Julie is on a mission to remove the stigma and fear surrounding death. The registered nurse previously worked in the intensive care unit and 'saw a lot of death.' She says on her website ...

“There is a pervasive idea that ‘hospice is where you go to die.’ While there are facilities that offer hospice services, hospice isn’t a place at all, but a philosophy for approaching end-of-life ...

A new study from Central South University in China examined the relationship between nursing interns’ attitudes toward death and their attitudes toward hospice care, finding that emotional responses ...

Kim Vesey has experienced more than her share of loss. Her husband, Les, passed away in 2006 of colon cancer. “He died at home with Hospice care,” Vesey said. “Having worked in this area and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — End-of-life doulas can provide a unique service to the elderly and their families by normalizing the stages of death and aiding families through the process of loss.

A visual campaign of palliative care in action aims to give viewers a true feel of the care patients with life-threatening ...

Credit: Getty Images Kübler-Ross’s career was marked by an unwavering commitment to treating dying patients with dignity and respect at a time when the medical community largely avoided discussions ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was under hospice care for nearly two years before he died on Sunday, December 29, at the age of 100, which is an unusual amount of time, according ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A major improvement to hospice care is coming to Colorado Springs. “This facility really does meet a need that is not met any other way,” said Pikes Peak Hospice and ...