My father died a little over a year ago. While I usually derive tremendous comfort and support by sharing both happy and sad milestones with friends, family, and colleagues, in this instance, sharing ...

As hospitals and physicians are being pushed away from fee-for-service models and the industry faces an aging baby boomer population, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said last week that ...

Deciding when to stop seeking curative measures and transition to palliative or hospice care is a deeply personal and often challenging decision. Understanding the differences between these types of ...

In fact, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) recently identified hours spent during the final days as among the key quality measures the agency gathers to provide consumers with a way to compare ...

Guest columnist Dr. Robert Ancker, MD FAAFP FAAHPM, is chief medical officer and medical director at Hospice of the Western Reserve. With President Jimmy Carter announcing his decision to enter ...

Death doulas, also known as end-of-life doulas, “provide companionship, comfort and guidance to those facing a terminal ...

The cover feature on correcting hospice misconceptions in this seasonal issue of CURE by Senior Editor Alex Biese elegantly ...

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.

Statin Use After Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis and Survival: A Population-Based Cohort Study Of 64,264 patients admitted to hospice with cancer, 10,460 (16.3%) had a length of stay ≤ 3 days. There was ...

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 ...