Palliative Care News

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 .

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

Thousands of Leek United Building Society members voted to give a financial boost to two North Staffordshire-based hospices.

To date, Tracy Kivlehan and her dedicated team of volunteers, have succeeded in raising over a 120,000 for the North West Hospice.

The North West Hospice provides palliative care for patients with life-limiting illnesses such as cancer, heart failure, kidney failure, COPD, Motor Neuron disease or dementia.

It might sound obvious now, but when Jessie's Fund started working in children's hospices nearly 20 years ago, there was no music therapy provision in any UK children's hospice.

Rennie Grove Hospice will be holding its annual one-day conference on October 22 at the Green Park Training and Conference Centre in Aston Clinton.

We all have a basic underlying need for physical intimac, so even if sexual desire has declined as age advances, partners can still be intimate by being physically close, like holding hands.

They all feature actresses who have donated purses to this year's Handbags for Hospice auction, set for July 18 at Old North State Winery in Mount Airy.