Palliative Care News

Palliative Care for Dementia patient Irene Benedict visits with her granddaughter Becky Brimhall-Lepire and social worker Bianca Martinez at her Scottsdale assisted living facility.

Illinois doctors, nursing homes, hospitals and hospice organizations are ramping up for their role as gatekeepers in the state's new medical marijuana program.

Advocates are urging lawmakers to back pieces of legislation that would expand and improve palliative care, the medical subspecialty focused on relieving pain.

THE pressures of caring for severely disabled and terminally ill children were aired in the House of Commons by MP Annette Brooke , pictured below.

The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services has revised guidance on authorization of hospice drugs for those under Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, according to a new memo.

Hospices could play a greater role in end-of-life care and stop hospitals being the "default option", says former Tory party leader Lord Howard.

Family and friends of the late Mel Perks are again organizing a motorcycle run to benefit Hospice and Palliative Care of Chautauqua County.

Palliative care patients and their families in Narooma now have more options for end of life care, thanks to collaboration between NSW Ambulance and the region's largest health agencies.

More than 13,000 children will be diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of these kids have to endure painful treatments that trigger stress, anxiety and depression.

Prince George was in for a real stroke of good luck when Donalda Carson decided to move here from Quesnel.

The six months Keith Stampe spent going back and forth to St. John's to visit his dying brother was rough enough without dealing with the state of the Irish Loop.

Dust off your onesies, break out the fluffy slippers and join us for a ladies-only moonlit walk over East Yorkshire's iconic Humber Bridge.

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A huge fundraiser has notched up more than 15,000 in just a few days - in honour of a popular teacher told he has just six months to live.

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Dining room and living room of the Prince George Hospice Society 2014-15 lottery home.

Palliative care services for cancer patients in the advanced stages of this life-threatening disease are designed to provide comfort and support for patients by meeting emotional, physical, and spiritual needs.

Robin Wood reitres as Chairman of Francis House Children's Hospice. L-R Gill Bevin -Head of Care, Robin Wood, Revd David Ireland -Chief Executive Francis House.

Little Maddie Stevens will watch Simon Cowell and co after teachers excluded her following one day's absence for paying a last farewell to mum Gail who died of breast cancer in hospice.

Hospice of the Valley has received a $200,000 grant to aid its dementia programs, reports the Daily News-Sun .