Waiting too long to use hospice care can make suffering at end-of-life worse. When is it the right time? Anyone with a terminal illness who is faced with choosing quality over quantity of their life should be having honest and…

Experiencing the death of a family member can be difficult even for the most loving of relationships, so how do you cope with grief and the death of someone when your memories and negative experiences far outweigh the good? Is…

If your community has more than one hospice organization, how do you know which one is right for you? How can you know anything about them? One way to find out is by calling the hospices in your area and…

A report published earlier this year confirmed that community-based palliative care was associated with a 50 percent reduction in emergency room visits during the last year of patients’ lives. While this isn’t a brand new finding, it did clarify the…

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), which is the oldest and largest leadership organization working on behalf of hospice and palliative care, is reporting that 34.5 percent of patients died or were discharged within seven days of admission…

It’s hard enough to deal with a terminal illness and the care involved – so to help take some of the mystery out of what exactly “hospice” means, here are a list of the most frequently asked questions according to the…