The body changes gradually as life approaches its end. However, several of these signs are often misunderstood or cause unnecessary concern.

What's it like working as a hospice nurse? We asked an expert. (Image via Getty Images) Not many people would expect that working in hospice care would be a joyful experience. When Kath Murray tells ...

Benzodiazepines and antipsychotics increased risk of death, compared to hospice patients not prescribed the drugs The drugs are handed out to manage agitation, anxiety and delerium THURSDAY, Oct. 16, ...

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 ...

REHAB NURSING HOME. I REFUSE TO GO TO REHAB AND I SAID, IF I’M GOING TO DIE, I’M GOING TO DIE AT HOME. AND THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING. WE HAVE SOMEONE THREE HOURS A DAY, MONDAY TO SATURDAY, WITH TUFTS ...

I’ve spent more than a decade in hospice care, sitting at the bedsides of people facing the final days of their lives. I’ve held hands in hospital rooms, in tents, in prison cells, and in homes that ...

Hernando-Pasco Hospice is comforting its own following the death of Hospice volunteer, Paula Carpentieri. Carpentieri, 50, suffered a cerebral aneurysum at her Hudson home and died May 3 at a Tampa ...

Heart failure-related deaths in homes or hospices increased from 17.33% in 1999 to 41.15% in 2022, while those in medical facilities and nursing homes decreased. Racial disparities persist, with ...

Most of us are familiar with someone from church or work or in our family who has chosen hospice care. If they have done so, that person and their loved ones made a very good decision. Hospice is not ...

The new, 18-bed hospice facility run by HIA, or Hands in Action — formerly Hospice of the Red River Valley — began operating ...