We waited nervously in the lobby of the Ely hospital for a meeting with my dad’s doctor. While we’d learned a day before that Dad — James Sr. — had cancer, we wanted a better idea of how bad it was ...

Learn about the importance of hospice care, especially in Black communities, and how it provides peace, dignity, and support for patients and families.

We must respect human life from birth to natural death. That means more than contriving cumbersome laws to abet assisted ...

Cancer accounts for nearly 1 in 6 deaths globally, highlighting its significant impact on mortality rates. Supportive, palliative, and hospice care play crucial roles in managing stage 4 cancer, ...

The hospice movement got its start in the United States right here in New Haven. In the late 1960s, former Yale School of Nursing (YSN) Dean Florence Schorske Wald attended a speech given by hospice ...

Experts discuss how better hospice and home care reimbursement can help patients receive compassionate end-of-life care at home. Maureen Canavan and Dr. Kerin Adelson, healthcare executive, chief ...

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

Anjanette Labellarte and Regina Waters with Hospice Foundation for Outreach join “Unscripted” to talk about their second-annual End-of-Life Care Summit. The End-of-Life Care Summit 2026 illuminates ...