Read on for our guide and learn if Palliative Care is something you need in your Long-Term Care insurance. Getty Images Palliative care is a healthcare approach that aims to provide comfort and ...

Patients in their final weeks or months of life can turn to hospice care to manage their transition. But until then, patients have another option to help them live with serious illnesses. KERA’s Sam ...

Palliative care and hospice are two types of care offered to people with serious medical illnesses. Provided to anyone, at any stage, who is continuing curative treatments and would like support ...

When most people hear the term palliative care, they look worried or confused. Introducing myself to patients and families as a palliative medicine physician, I commonly hear things like, “Does this ...

Palliative care and hospice care have a number of things in common. Both are designed to help people living with a serious illness and to improve their quality of life. But it’s important to ...

Modern medicine can treat and cure countless health conditions, but it can’t always repair the quality-of-life impairments these conditions leave behind. Palliative care is a health care service ...

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 ...

Only 14% of people who need palliative care actually receive it. You may receive palliative care alongside treatments designed to cure your illness. It is possible to be eligible for palliative care ...

If you or loved ones are facing a serious illness, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about treating pain. You may have heard the terms “palliative care” or “hospice.” Both are meant to bring comfort ...

Palliative and hospice care both focus on supporting patients and improving quality of life. Palliative care can start at diagnosis, while hospice care supports patients nearing the end of life.