"I wanted to make a difference by providing the knowledge, support and insight I wish I’d had before my father died." ...

J ust because death is inevitable doesn’t make it easy or natural to talk about. In a new study, researchers wondered if hospice workers—experts in end-of-life care—had lessons to teach the ...

The Hospice Comfort Kit contained medication for pain, anxiety, nausea and breathing problems. We were told to put the comfort meds away until they were needed.

McFadden, BSN, RN, is a hospice/palliative care nurse with more than fifteen years of experience. She is the author of Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ...

A good death on hospice for my mom after the horror of brain cancer The author’s mother poses for a photo before riding a carousel with her grandchildren in January 2020. She died Aug. 2 at the ...

A for-profit hospice proved “very responsive to us,” she said, even when the family called for advice at 2 a.m. The hospice provided all the necessary supplies and drugs and sent nurses regularly.

Death is a part of life, but decisions surrounding death often can be difficult. Hospice, which is for patients who are in the last phases of their incurable disease, is one option. Every year ...

The rate of death during that time span was 13.4% of people in assisted living communities and 15.8% of people in facilities with memory care. Of the people, 8% in facilities and 10.6% of people ...

A HOSPICE nurse has shared the ‘mindblowing’ reason behind why she doesn’t fear death. Julie McFadden, 41, is a Los Angeles-based registered nurse specialises in end of life care … ...

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Volunteering in hospice helps Macalester students contemplate death’s mysteries up close “Just being there” can be a comfort to people in their final days. By Katy Read ...

WRAL contributor Sloane Heffernan is sharing her father's journey in hospice care. Read part 1 and part 2 of her story. “I’m the muscles,” my brother jokingly said as he held up our father ...