Palliative Care News

Actress Bronagh Gallagher, Michael McCafferty, centre, chairperson of trustees, and Dr. Keith Munro, chief executive, beside the Foyle Hospice Memory Tree.

Buy this photo Margaret Manley has discovered a new kind of job satisfaction working as a volunteer nurse at Prospect Hospice Picture: STUART HARRISON AS A growing number of patients require palliative or end-of life care, volunteer nurses are becoming crucial and increasingly sought-out members of the Prospect Hospice team.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The parent company for Hospice Compassus , which once operated in Alabama, has agreed to pay $3.92 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false reimbursement claims to the federal government for patients treated at its hospice facilities, federal authorities announced today.

Hospice of the Valley has achieved Level 1 status from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's We Honor Veterans program.

Maria Dancing Heart Hoaglund shares a review of her first book, "The Last Adventure of Life."

BREAKING awareness campaign will see hospices in Bury and Radcliffe featured on the small screen to bust myths about the care they provide.

Despite the overwhelming assumption that personal visits from health care workers make for a healthier elderly population, a new review of the data suggests there is no evidence to support home care visits offer any benefits.

Peace Hospice Care events manager Pete Watson will be sharing his story of success at a large national conference for professional fundraisers.

Julie Reynolds, the CEO of Cornerstone VNA, is pleased to announce the expansion of its service area to include the greater seacoast communities of Portsmouth, Newington, Newmarket, Greenland and New Castle in New Hampshire, as well as Kittery, Eliot and York in Maine.

ACHC Clinical Compliance Educator, Lisa Meadows, will be presenting at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's 29th Management and Leadership Conference on March 28, 2014.

New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin is set to hold a press conference on Friday, March 14, on medical marijuana.

Do you have a senior or special needs pet? Has your animal family member recently received a terminal diagnosis or are they nearing end of life? Has your animal recently passed away? Would you love to meet and connect with other members of the Washington State animal loving community? Join the AHELP Project for their Fourth Annual Friendship ... (more)

High school kids think they are invincible. They've seldom had to experience the loss of loved ones.

Dr. Donna Colletti, medical director of the palliative care program at Greenwich Hospital, joined Tony Savino on his segment "Spotlight on Medicine" to discuss the program recently on WCGH Radio.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News Families from Hope's Partners in Care, Together for Kids, a palliative care program providing support for families with children facing chronic illness, recently gathered for a family fun day at Hope's offices in Fort Myers.

FUNDRAISING can sometimes be a one-off event, but for one woman it has become a way of life after meeting an Indian doctor more than 50 years ago.

Founded in 1979, not-for-profit Hospice Family Care serves terminally ill patients in Madison, Limestone, Morgan, Jackson and Marshall counties.

Losing a loved one is a devastating event and coping with grief and bereavement can be painful and difficult.

Mrs Jane Walton, a carer on the Gold Line project team, talking to nurse Andrew Farrar in the Gold Line hub A helpline for patients who have a serious illness and may be in the last year of their lives is being extended after it was successfully launched in Airedale, Wharfedale, and Craven last year.

I work in a palliative care unit in a local hospital, and I'm all too aware of how important it is to have one's end-of-life wishes documented, notarized and on-hand in case of an emergency.