Medicare doesn’t pay for custodial care. That makes end-of-life decisions even harder for families.

How you approach end-of-life care for yourself or a loved one is a personal and important decision. You may consider hospice care, a death doula, or both to guide you during this time. Here’s what ...

Griebell, 57, who is graduating in May from Rutgers-New Brunswick School of Social Work with a master’s degree in social work ...

In our "death-phobic" society, few of us make the effort to prepare for death — but the ability to do so is a gift that no ...

Rarely heard reflections have been brough into public view. The thoughts come from people nearing death, shared quietly with ...

Medicare beneficiaries with dementia receive no measurable differences in end-of-life care whether they are in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) or traditional Medicare, according to a new study ...

Wisdom from patients includes not letting worrying rob you of the time you have, and to never go to sleep on an angry word ...

Data has shown that roughly one-quarter of traditional Medicare spending for healthcare is for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in their last year of life—a proportion that has remained ...

Two key wound care groups are finalizing a proposal for new codes that would help skilled nursing providers avoid newly created diagnoses gaps for end-of-life skin breakdown that could lead to missed ...

A recent retrospective study found that earlier outpatient palliative care referrals for patients with advanced cancer were associated with a small increase in overall emergency department (ED) visits ...

Doctors, nurses, and medical students in the Netherlands feel uncertain about providing palliative care and say their ...