When a loved one enters hospice, families often hope for two things above all else: comfort and time together.

Despite confusion over what exactly constitutes “comfort care,” former first lady Barbara Bush’s decision to opt for it is opening doors onto some very important conversations, according to local ...

On Monday, when it was announced that first lady Barbara Bush was choosing “comfort care,” many people wondered what that meant. What’s the difference between “comfort care” and palliative care, and ...

It was announced earlier this week that former President Jimmy Carter has entered hospice care. But just what is hospice care and how it can provide comfort and support? Hospice care is for people who ...

WRAL contributor Sloane Heffernan is sharing her father's journey in hospice care. Read her previous post. The knock on the door came just a few hours after the paramedics brought my father home from ...

Nov. 15—November is filled with national medical awareness including National Home Care and Hospice Month. Humanity Hospice began serving the Woodward community in March of 2019 but started in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- John Robinson is an award-winning hospice nurse at Amedisys Hospice. "Hospice is probably the ultimate nursing experience for a health care worker," he says. "This is a 24 hours a ...