Palliative care

An intervention to increase social work staffing on primary care teams serving rural veterans was tied to an increased use of palliative care following hospitalization.

Older adults living with dementia need to be given more and earlier opportunities to discuss their care-related wishes as they approach the end of their lives, according to the authors of a recent study...

A demonstration project to deliver palliative care no matter where an individual lives — including in assisted living communities — and earlier in the disease process has gained bipartisan support.

We should see more of palliative care in senior living. Many residents never receive such care or only get it during the final phase of an illness.

Hospice / palliative medicine still is a relatively new specialty, so it’s important that it becomes more widely understood and available across the country, especially in senior living communities and...

The prospect of a palliative care demonstration model got a big boost this week from members of the House Ways and Means Committee.

The COVID-19 pandemic and changing policy perspectives in Washington are “supercharging” interest in palliative care, according to Davis Baird, government affairs director for the National Association...

The authors say that advance care planning discussions with clinicians are needed earlier.

Despite the many benefits of palliative care for seriously ill people and their families, deeply held cultural traditions and beliefs of some racial and ethnic groups impact the adoption and utilization...

Home-based senior care providers face a significant problem when it comes to differentiation in the eyes of referring physicians.