Palliative Care News

The Association for Home & Hospice Care of North Carolina is proud to announce that two of its members have been appointed to serve on the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council by Governor Pat McCrory.

* Palliative care consults lowered costs for patients with a primary diagnosis of cancer, both for patients discharged alive and those who died in the hospital.

Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital has earned Advanced Certification for Palliative Care which recognizes the hospital's focus on patient and family-centered care to optimize the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses.

But two intrepid management consultants from Worcester walked 570 miles across Spain in a bid to raise money for St Richard's Hospice.

The annual golf tournament, held May 23 at the Northview Golf and Country Club, featured prizes, live and silent auctions and more.

Terminally ill Judith Jovanic, 68, from Skipton has become one of the first to receive a vital mini iPad linking her directly with Airedale Hospital A TERMINALLY ill woman from Skipton has become one of the first to receive a vital mini iPad linking her directly with Airedale Hospital.

Top row from left, Lynda Tanner, president and CEO of Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care, Don and Dee Dee Barthelmess, Carol Kallman's husband and Don and Carol's daughter, with Robyn Parker, Santa Barbara Yacht Club Charity Regatta chair; Tom Parker, SBYC Charity Regatta past chair, and Rick Keith, VNHC Foundation executive director; bottom row from ... (more)

The trust in charge of Boston's Pilgrim Hospital will stay in 'special measures' after inspectors found it still requires improvement.

Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, announced the decision today in his blog.

OTTAWA10/28/08-Dr Rene Leiva is a palliative care physician who wrote a letter to the editor about the"depression of the soul" for dying patientsl.Photo by Bruno Schlumberger,The Ottawa Citizen, assgt number 92238 A policy review by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons is sparking renewed debate about whether doctors should be allowed to ... (more)

The parents of twins with an extremely rare syndrome met Taoiseach Enda Kenny today in their battle to have the boys cared for at home.

Professor Bogdan Chazan smiles as he speaks to the media among his supporters in front of a maternity hospital in Warsaw June 13, 2014.

The organiser of the recent charity football tournament in support of CHAS and St Andrew's Hospice has now confirmed the amount raised this year is higher than ever before.

The Kidspath Program at Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care in Mount Airy will host a "Handbag for Hospice" auction next Friday night.

Sparhawk Infant School pupils Ryan Parr, Bea Cogman, Ellouise Russen and Oliver Warren present EACH fundraiser Rose Peasgood with the toys the school has donated to the charity.

A benefit motorcycle run that has raised $63,397 in 15 years for Hospice and Palliative Care of the St. Lawrence Valley will be hitting the road again on July 26 from the Norwood American Legion.

HomeLife BC president Rick Dubord, and HomeLife real estate crew Natalie Gauvreau, Ralph Janzen, Heather Schoutens, Dale Kirkland, Kendra Andreassen, Michelle Carlsen, Bettina Reid and Dan Bennett met with Jeffrey Thiessen of Canuck Place to present a $40,000 donation to the charity that provides palliative care for B.C. children and support for ... (more)

The greatest gift you can give your family is to have open and honest conversations surrounding your wishes about medical treatments as your health declines.

Brighton-based Handbags for Hospices appeared in our newspaper when co-founder Abi Bowen told how it aided hospices by selling donated handbags.

The change could come as the Northfleet charity, which provides hospice care for people right across north Kent, reviews its identity to avoid confusion when fundraising.