Medicare recognizes the importance of end-of-life planning and what you’d like your future care to look like. Its advance care planning benefit is part of your annual wellness appointment. During your ...

End of life decision making is not just about living wills. More important than specifying what you want is specifying who ...

For the Rev. Beth Stotts, death is a natural part of her ministry. A major aspect of her job is guiding her congregants through their most vulnerable moments from birth throughout life. The struggles ...

How you approach end-of-life care for yourself or a loved one is a personal and important decision. You may consider hospice care, a death doula, or both to guide you during this time. Here’s what ...

End-of-life planning is an important step to take to help you prepare for your future. What is end-of-life planning? End-of-life planning is the process of thinking about and documenting what you’d ...

Quality communication about end-of-life care ensures that medical treatments or interventions align with patients’ values and ...

Life is full of developmental stages, from prenatal to early childhood, adolescence, and middle and late adulthood. What’s often left out of the equation is death and dying, according to Karen Wyatt, ...

The study of end-of-life experiences and palliative care encompasses the clinical, psychological and spiritual dimensions that mark the final stages of life. Research in this field addresses both the ...

Medicare acknowledges end-of-life planning as an important part of your healthcare. It has an “advance care planning” benefit, which a person can include as part of their annual wellness visit.