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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — End-of-life doulas can provide a unique service to the elderly and their families by normalizing the stages of death and aiding families through the process of loss.

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 ...

Taiwan ranked first in Asia for hospice and palliative care, the World Map of Palliative Care released by a WHO collaborating center said. The report, released earlier this month by ATLANTES Global ...

A visual campaign of palliative care in action aims to give viewers a true feel of the care patients with life-threatening ...