Common hospice drugs can increase risk of earlier death among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Benzodiazepines ...

Medications commonly prescribed to ease dementia symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, and delirium — benzodiazepines and antipsychotics — may carry major unintended risks for people with dementia ...

Hospice Nurse Julie is on a mission to remove the stigma and fear surrounding death. The registered nurse previously worked in the intensive care unit and 'saw a lot of death.' She says on her website ...

A new study from Central South University in China examined the relationship between nursing interns’ attitudes toward death and their attitudes toward hospice care, finding that emotional responses ...

Kim Vesey has experienced more than her share of loss. Her husband, Les, passed away in 2006 of colon cancer. “He died at home with Hospice care,” Vesey said. “Having worked in this area and ...

Credit: Getty Images Kübler-Ross’s career was marked by an unwavering commitment to treating dying patients with dignity and respect at a time when the medical community largely avoided discussions ...