Dear Readers: I recently had my own experience with Medicare as my 92-year-old mother has reached her final stage of hospice. I feel it is important for me to explain hospice, so that others with a ...

As family physicians, we have the honor of providing care for an individual throughout the course of their life. We are often present at birth. And at death. We witness the joy of a baby entering the ...

The Carter Center said he wants to spend his remaining time at home with family. Over the weekend, former President Jimmy Carter entered home hospice care, the Carter Center announced. The center said ...

Hospice care aims to provide physical and emotional comfort—not a cure—to patients with serious illness that are nearing the end of their life. Jimmy Carter opted to begin hospice care, the Carter ...

Dear Carol: My dad is 79 and has suffered from aggressive prostate cancer for several years. What could be done has been done, so far, but the cancer has now spread to his liver and bones. We want Dad ...

Nearly 1.6 million people are in hospice care in the United States. Here are some common myths about hospice, followed by the facts. In order to enter hospice treatment, a patient must first be ...

There are many myths about hospice – here are the facts. Myth #1: Hospice means giving up. To enter hospice treatment, a patient must be diagnosed by a physician to have a likelihood of living for six ...

The 39th president has decided to forgo further medical treatment and will “spend his remaining time at home with his family,” the Carter Center announced. By Peter Baker WASHINGTON — Former President ...

A year after starting hospice treatment, former President Jimmy Carter is holding strong, especially in spirit, his grandson said in an update Sunday. At 99, the country’s oldest living ex-president ...

In the card game of life, Marvin Hinz is coming up all heart, despite being diagnosed with terminal melanoma. “It went down on my neck and both sides, but I beat that one. That one, I beat. I was free ...