Illness or injury can change life in an instant. A new diagnosis can be scary for anyone on the receiving end of “bad news.” Often, the future becomes uncertain, and what we once took for granted ...

Everybody’s looking for win-win scenarios, especially in healthcare. Because of such tight operating margins, that goes double for long-term care. That’s what makes some of the newest palliative care ...

A few years ago, when second-year School of Nursing Ph.D. student Oonjee Oh was working as a nurse on a general surgery unit in South Korea, she was struck by the feeling that many patients weren't ...

Although many people don't like to think about death and dying, it will happen eventually. When it does, those who are fortunate enough to have hospice and palliative care nurses caring for them will ...

Daniel Siegel's headaches first struck during martial arts practice. A second-degree black belt at kung fu and a straight-A student at Yale University, Siegel was a gregarious sophomore of keen ...

Over the last decade, great strides have been made in cancer treatment, oncology and palliative care across chronic and life-limiting illnesses, however, a shortage of cancer and palliative care ...

L-R: Sarada Lewis, RN, CHPN, Amy Lebolt, MSW, Julie Hirsch, RN, CHPN, Lynn Rapp, RN, CHPN. Not pictured are Lindsay High, RN, CHPN, Lori Leopold, MSW and Juliana ...

Palliative care, a form of patient-centered care focused on quality of life for the seriously ill, should be the standard of practice for all elderly patients with complex illness in nursing homes.