End-Of-Life

A new study has found that having multiple serious illnesses increased the risk of hospital and healthcare utilization for patients approaching the end of life.

About half of older U.S. adults receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia shortly before their death — a number that has spiked by more than 34% in two decades, according to a...

Clinicians can offer “moments of micro-competence,” giving palliative care patients a voice in how they receive care as their abilities decline, investigators say.

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of advanced care planning and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) after a new study found that less than half of the orders match the...

Language services and cultural competency training could help nursing home staff correct imbalances in residents’ end-of-life experience, say investigators from the Columbia University School of...

COVID-19 social distancing is complicating a ‘silent epidemic’ of hearing loss in senior living … New End of Life Care in Frailty guidelines released … Late-life depression is tied to chronic disease,...

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When managing medications for frail elders, clinicians should take a hard look at insulin, say the researchers behind a new study.

Most patients who recover in long-term acute care hospitals die within five years. Some may be missing a chance for more appropriate end-of-life care.

It’s not morbid to talk about death, even on the dance floor at your high school reunion.