For an estimated 11% of Americans over age 65 who have dementia and the over 11 million unpaid caregivers supporting them, ...

A home-based palliative care (HBPC) program tested within an accountable care organization (ACO) demonstrated substantial cost savings and reduced hospital admissions for patients near the end of life ...

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD that art can be therapeutic for those grappling with cancer or its aftermath. But what kinds of art can have these benefits, and how can patients and survivors decide which forms to ...

The field of palliative care is a relatively recent entrant to the U.S. health care landscape. For those who may not know, palliative care is a new team-based medical specialty that focuses on relief ...

Gerald Chinchar, a Navy veteran who loves TV Westerns, isn't quite at the end of his life, but the end is probably not far away. The 77-year-old's medications fill a dresser drawer, and congestive ...

We’ve come a long way in the past 20 years, evidencing how the specialty of palliative care saves money, improves quality of life, produces quality outcomes, and enhances provider satisfaction—all key ...

For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey.

On July 17, 2017, a sentence in the table included with this post was corrected. Philanthropy has provided critical funding for the advancement of palliative care in the United States, complementing ...

In 2018, Ruth Hill got out of bed one morning and felt her spine literally break. The 53-year-old collapsed to the floor. “I knew something catastrophic had happened,” Ruth says. She soon learned six ...

Here’s how to get relief from the nausea, anxiety, pain, and other symptoms of advanced prostate cancer and its treatments. Palliative care can make life more manageable during cancer treatment, but ...