During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to ...

There are patient and physician barriers to advanced care planning. Physicians may lack the skills necessary to accomplish the task of making decisions for future care. In this article we discuss ...

National Advance Care Planning Week - 17 to 23 March - is the perfect time to have a conversation with your loved ones and ...

Dozens of Robson Valley seniors gathered in the Valemount Community Hall on Tuesday, February 25th, to learn about resources for making an advance care plan – that is, a series ...

For the Rev. Beth Stotts, death is a natural part of her ministry, where she embraces "humbling and powerful" work of guiding people at the end of life.

Many older adults with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive treatment but not a lot of supportive care, according ...

Many patients with advanced cancer receive potentially aggressive care in the last month of life at the expense of supportive care.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began reimbursing advanced care planning conversations in 2016 to promote high-quality, patient-centered EoL care. A retrospective cohort study ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MyDirectives, the leading provider of digital advance care planning (ACP) tools, announced today the passing of Sherry Tevebaugh Brown, mother of MyDirectives president ...

yet uptake of advanced care planning and palliative care was low and late hospice enrollment was common." Dr. Robin Yabroff, scientific vice president of health services research, American Cancer ...