End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End-of-life care can be provided in the hours, days, or months...

Palliative care (derived from the Latin root palliare, or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and...

spiritual needs at the end of life. Hospice care prioritizes comfort and quality of life by reducing pain and suffering. Hospice care provides an alternative...

End-of-life may refer to: End-of-life (product), a term used with respect to terminating the sale or support of goods and services End-of-life care, medical...

days or hours of life. It was developed to help doctors and nurses provide quality end-of-life care, to transfer quality end-of-life care from the hospice...

palliative and end-of-life care can be provided through home health nursing. Home health nurses may assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs)...

placement of a feeding tube. Decisions about hydration and nutrition are generally the most ethically challenging when it comes to end-of-life care. In 1990...

and end-of-life care. Doctors in this specialty are often called intensive care physicians, critical care physicians, or intensivists. Intensive care relies...

and health care provider. For patients at the end of life, the device rarely prevents death as intended. Using the device at the end of life can cause...

have time to prepare for care, such as advance directives and living wills, which have been shown to improve end-of-life care. While death cannot be avoided...

What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains...

End-of-life planning may refer to: Estate planning Planning for end-of-life care End-of-life product planning This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

In the United States, hospice care is a type and philosophy of end-of-life care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms...

amounts of training, and their professionalism also varies. The contributions of doulas during reproductive experiences and end-of-life care have been...

most popular benzodiazepine in the intensive care unit (ICU) because of its short elimination half-life, combined with its water solubility and its suitability...

such a cast is called a life mask. Masks of deceased people are part of traditions in many countries. The most important process of the funeral ceremony...

don't have the best elderly care and palliative care yet… So let's talk about making sure we have the best end-of-life care before we start talking about...

to die from, their families and carers, and it's the largest charitable UK funder of palliative and end of life care research. Marie Curie was founded...

book, Dear Life, published in January 2020, explores death, dying and end-of-life care. Her third book, Breathtaking (2021), is an account of working inside...

long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal requirements of senior...

discussions about end-of-life care include antihypertensives, medications for diabetes, and drugs for high cholesterol. For people with a life limiting condition...

to reduce secretions and minimize this effect. Agonal respiration End-of-life care Cobbs, Elizabeth L.; et al. "When Death Is Near". MSD Manuals Consumer...

preferences for end-of-life care and can help avoid unwanted interventions or procedures. Hospice care can improve symptom management at the end of life and increases...

referred to as life domains within the charter of Looking after Children (LAC). Recent trends have favored placement of children in foster care rather than...

to improvements in end of life care. Older adults are more directly concerned as they may experience a situation where advance care planning can be useful...

Shūkatsu (終活, end-of-life planning) in Japanese is an abbreviation for "ending activities". It is a term that refers to various preparations and reflections...

Rights and End of Life Care" act. This act allows the withholding/withdrawal of life support treatment and as well as the intensified usage of certain medications...

care is additional care during or after convalescence. Aftercare is generally synonymous with follow-up care. End-of-life care is care near the end of...

telephone helplines, counseling centers, senior care facilities, disability work, hospices, end-of-life care, grief support, and more. The term pastoral ministry...

and palliative care specialist who leads a team in the Highland Hospital ICU in Oakland, California. She helps families make end-of-life decisions for...