Like many long-term care providers, hospitals are diving deeper into the palliative care market, a new analysis shows. Hospitals palliative care programs have increased 96% over the past six years, ...

Editor’s note: The following post, on palliative care in the long term setting, is authored by Mary Ersek and David Stevenson (photos and linked bios above) and by Justine Sefcik, MS, RN, a fourth ...

Over the last decade, great strides have been made in cancer treatment, oncology and palliative care across chronic and life-limiting illnesses, however, a shortage of cancer and palliative care ...

This fall, Boston College is launching a new Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Certificate Program for graduate students at the William F. Connell School of Nursing, the School of Social Work (BCSSW), ...

Implementation of an automated palliative care program for Mount Sinai Hospital patients with advanced cancer reduced rehospitalizations and receipt of chemotherapy, according to a study published by ...

For University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing alumnus Darrell Owens, DNP, palliative care means more than providing specialized care for patients with life-threatening illnesses. It ...

Future family nurse practitioner Parag Raychoudhury considers her college’s emphasis on palliative care training as essential. “Palliative care isn’t just about death and dying,” she said. “Any ...

Adopting an emerging model, a Pennsylvania skilled nursing provider is expanding its reach to include palliative and other support services for chronically ill residents. Exton Post Acute, a 120-bed ...

The Perelman School of Medicine has launched a new four-year palliative care curriculum to teach students how to care for patients with terminal illness by integrating simulation-based learning and ...

L-R: Sarada Lewis, RN, CHPN, Amy Lebolt, MSW, Julie Hirsch, RN, CHPN, Lynn Rapp, RN, CHPN. Not pictured are Lindsay High, RN, CHPN, Lori Leopold, MSW and Juliana ...

It was a personal experience that first exposed Dr. Christine Cofer to palliative medicine. During her late teens, when her father was suffering from metastatic kidney cancer and conventional ...