Living With Terminal Illness

Choosing Between Hospice Care & Palliative Care: An In-depth Look at Your Options

Choosing Between Hospice Care & Palliative Care: An In-depth Look at Your Options Recently I wrote an article for family members of patients who could benefit from hospice care and/or palliative care, in which I discussed the factors that physicians must consider in referring hospice or palliative...Read entire article »

Hospice Care: Living with Terminal Illness

Hospice Care: Living with Terminal Illness Patients and their families are usually overwhelmed when faced with the diagnosis of terminal illness. Many patients are symptom-free until an illness or hospitalization reveals they have a life-limiting condition. Suddenly, everything changes. Feelings...Read entire article »

Palliative & Hospice Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It

Palliative & Hospice Care Explained: What It Is, What to Expect, How to Pay For it & How to Find It What It Is To palliate means to ease discomfort by treating symptoms of an illness. Palliative care promotes the patient's comfort by addressing any and all issues causing physical or emotional pain or suffering. Also...Read entire article »

Living with Dementia: How Hospice Care Can Help

Living with Dementia: How Hospice Care Can Help What is dementia? And perhaps just as importantly, what isn’t it? In the coming months, I’ll be writing a series of articles on dementia to address the concerns of caregivers and family members who...Read entire article »

How to Choose Hospice Care

Living with Dementia: How Hospice Care Can Help Determining the appropriate hospice care you or a loved one requires at end-of-life may seem like a daunting task to take on during an already difficult time. In a recent blog describing hospice and palliative...Read entire article »

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