Older adults who receive care at home tend not to get palliative care before they die, according to a new report published today in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Researchers evaluated ...

Patients with chronic heart failure who received collaborative home-based palliative care were more likely to die at home, rather than in a hospital, according to new research. Investigators studied ...

A home-based palliative care (HBPC) program for individuals with advanced illnesses was associated with a $12,000 reduction in the mean total cost of care per person, fewer hospital admissions and ...

A prognostic tool may facilitate the early identification of older adults in the community who would benefit from palliative care in their final years, new research from Canada suggested. The analysis ...

A home-based palliative care program involving primary care physicians, cardiologists, and palliative care specialists is associated with a lower likelihood of dying in the hospital for patients with ...

The main mission of home health care is rehabilitation, usually after hospitalization. Home health care also provides skilled nursing care to monitor symptoms of illness; monitor blood pressure, fluid ...

When you’re living with lung cancer, both the disease and the treatments for it can take a toll on your quality of life. You may need extra help when it comes to managing severe pain, nausea, fatigue, ...

Ovarian cancer is very treatable when you catch it at an early stage. But because this cancer often doesn't show symptoms early on, most people don’t get a diagnosis until they're already at a late ...

For too long, many have talked about the need for community-based palliative care programs as both a precursor to hospice care and even as a stand-alone service. Sure, some have given it a go, but for ...

Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. This type of care is focused on providing patients with relief from symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious ...

Did you know palliative care is an option at home? More than six million people in the U.S. could benefit from palliative care, and, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, thousands ...

Good palliative care should not be confined to specialist teams, said the minister. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...