Hospice care is patient care provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other professionals specially trained in the many physical and emotional aspects of end-of-life care. Hospice’s primary ...

Wen: Hospice care is an approach to medical care, not a specific place, so it can be provided in a number of different settings. The choice of settings is up to the patient and family.

Former President Jimmy Carter far surpassed this average after receiving nearly two years of home hospice care before his death on Sunday. Carter was diagnosed with stage IV melanoma in August ...

Black seniors are more likely than whites and Latinos to forgo hospice care. Due to deeply felt religious beliefs and a long history of discrimination in the U.S., African-American patients are ...

Hospice is A subject that many people put off Patients with prognoses of six months or less to live qualify for hospice. But according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, half of ...

Black patients and their families are less likely to sign up for end-of-life comfort care. To reach them, investors are starting hospice agencies run by people who look like the patients they serve.