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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.

"I do agree that all viewers of St. Patrick's Day should show more civic pride and make sure their areas are clean before leaving.

But GOP candidates can't simply rely on attacking Democrats for having voted for ObamaCare or, in the case of nonincumbents, supporting it.

Cardiac surgeons and medical societies are asking the CMS to reconsider proposed payment rates for implanting Abbott's MitraClip, a device that treats a debilitating heart condition.

Under the rules that took effect in May, hospice patients or their families could not fill prescriptions through their Part D drug plans until first confirming that the prescriptions were not covered by hospice providers.