Hospice Care Provides Comfort When health care providers suggest hospice care for a loved one, family members may be confused and frightened, but hospice ... [Read More] 9/26/2023 | By Maisha Robinson
What Hospice Patients Can Teach Us About Money Jordan Grumet, associate medical director for Journeycare Hospice and author of “Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor’s Advice on Financial Independence, ... [Read More] 9/13/2023 | By Sandra Block
‘VSED’ to Hasten Death for the Terminally Ill People diagnosed with chronic progressive diseases or terminal illnesses may despair at the possibility of a long, painful decline. Some ... [Read More] 12/30/2021 | By Seniors Guide Staff
The 3 Things to Know About End-of-Life Doulas You may have heard of birth doulas. But end-of-life doulas provide comfort and care during a patient's last days, weeks, ... [Read More] 8/25/2020 | By Seniors Guide Staff
What Is an End-of-Life Doula? Doulas are helpers. The word “doula” comes from the Greek, where it means, roughly, “female helper” or “woman who serves.” ... [Read More] 9/20/2019 | By Seniors Guide Staff
Is Aid-in-Dying a Violation of Doctors’ Role as Healers? Back in the ‘90s, Dr. Jack Kevorkian made headlines by helping many terminally ill patients end their lives and their ... [Read More] 7/23/2019 | By Terri L. Jones
5 Ways to Know That Hospice Is the Right Move Hospice care is a type of medical care designed to provide palliative care for terminally ill patients during the last ... [Read More] 6/7/2019 | By Seniors Guide Staff