Hospice Improves Care for Dementia Patients And Their Families

Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members. The research comes as hospice...

Men Dying of Prostate Cancer Referred Too Late to Hospice Care

More than half of men dying of prostate cancer use hospice care — a significant increase over the last two decades — but most wait too long to enroll and can’t take full advantage of the palliative care that could make their deaths easier, a...

Relationships Hold Key to Spiritual Care

Relationships hold the key to giving terminally ill patients the spiritual care they need. However, researchers have pinpointed a mismatch between patients’ expectations and understanding when it comes to spirituality, and what medical and family...

Oregon Hospice Pays $1.83 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals – Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest and Northwest Permanente P.C., Physicians & Surgeons (collectively, Kaiser NW) has agreed to pay the United States $1,830,322.41 to...