People often confuse palliative care and hospice care, believing both terms refer to the service available in the final months or weeks of life. Palliative care is the umbrella term for a ...

A hospice is launching a new 24/7 service to help people access end-of-life and palliative care in their homes, with the aim ...

From her years in the workplace, to walks in the park, to volunteering at her granddaughter’s school, Carol enjoyed her active life. Even a battle with breast cancer didn’t keep her down for long. But ...

Many people equate palliative care with the end of life. It is so much more than that. "Palliative care is a medical specialty to help those people dealing with a serious illness," said Holli Martinez ...

The term “hospice” is probably more familiar to most people than “palliative care.” The concept of hospice care began in England in the late 1940s, and was introduced in the United States in the 1960s ...

Dear Carol: After caring for my mom for years, I moved her to memory care due to her dementia. At 93, she is fading. This memory care has some nursing available for an extra charge, and they’ve been ...