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It is hard enough to imagine the emotional journey of someone living out his or her last months of life.…

When people are tired and in pain, exercise may seem counterintuitive. Nevertheless, hospice agencies often use various physical therapy &…

When people have been married for decades, it can be easy to overlook the emotional and physical support they provide…

People grieving a loved one experience increased risk of not just feeling depressed but clinical depression and other problems. This…

In geriatric care, hospice offers a long list of known benefits. In pediatric medicine, on the other hand, parents and…

A strange, long-standing Medicare policy forces patients with kidney disease to give up dialysis to receive hospice. Medicare was planning…

Hospice patients or their representatives have legally guaranteed rights to use the hospice agency of their choice. However, these rights…

A first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in February shows that patients with dementia live…

More Americans are now dying at home than in the hospital for the first time in half a century. While…

Yes, the Medicare hospice benefit allows for chemotherapy and radiotherapy as long as the purpose is symptom relief. Medicare’s hospice…