Some of the benefits can include: The main difference between palliative and hospice care is when each type of care is available. For people with a serious and potentially life threatening ...

Through a range of palliative, medical, nursing, psychosocial, and spiritual care provided by an interdisciplinary team of experts, hospice seeks to manage symptoms and provide comfort when cure ...

IN-PEACE, which provides palliative care integrated with state-of-the-art dementia care to patients with dementia and their caregivers, cut in half the number of emergency department visits and ...

Leading hospice nurses have welcomed the launch of a national investigation into the state of the palliative care sector. Earlier this week, the Health and Social Care Committee announced that its ...

A loved one’s decision to enter hospice care can begin a daunting and scary time for families, but volunteers providing ...

Palliative care is the only medical specialty not fully publicly funded, and it relies heavily on fundraising and donations, says Hospice Tairāwhiti medical lead Dr Anna Meuli. Photo 123RF A ...