Clinicians who work at skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes can be crucial to improve the quality of end-of-life care for residents, according to a new study. Researchers examined data on ...

Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, ...

Please summarize your research and expected outcomes: The aim of this study is to improve our understanding of factors that influence quality end of life care. We are examining the concept of end of ...

Nursing home patients are more likely to die in the facility or in hospice than in a hospital in states with mature POLST programs, according to a new, first-of-its kind study.

A qualitative analysis explored how patients with hematopoietic malignancies seek meaning-making through relationships with family and friends at the end of life.

For patients with cancer and their caregivers, high quality end-of-life care is incredibly important, as one expert explained. “There has been a fair amount of research done that has shown that when ...

Talking about death and dying can seem scary and full of unknowns, no matter the person’s stage in life. However, for patients with Parkinson’s disease, who have an unpredictable illness trajectory, ...

Access to quality end-of-life care can mean the difference between comfort and distress in a person’s final days. Yet, millions of Americans still struggle to receive the end-of-life care they deserve ...

Creighton University in Phoenix is using artificial intelligence to help educate students. Professor Melissa Taylor helped develop an AI chatbot to help students get practice and have discussions on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of aggressive end-of-life cancer treatment has not changed over the past decade. Physician and institutional ...

Alyssa: Since 2021, British Columbia’s annual death rate has exceeded that of the birth rate, so it may surprise you to learn ...