A comprehensive study of nearly 6,000 patients receiving at-home palliative care found that respite care services more than double the likelihood of elderly patients dying at home rather than in ...

Palliative care and hospice professionals discuss what the process is like — and their insights may challenge what you think about dying. View Entire Post › ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (ABC 4) — End-of-life doulas can provide a unique service to the elderly and their families by normalizing the stages of death and aiding families through the process of loss.

Diane Button is an end-of-life doula, a companion for people who are dying. She shares what matters most to people facing death and the lessons for living well.

From end-of-life care to burials and beyond, we answer your questions on mortality. By Amanda Schupak Illustrations by Xiao Hua Yang We are all going to die. Yet this inescapable fact often goes ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released a previously unpublished text by Pope Francis following his passing on Monday containing the late pontiff’s reflections on aging and death. “We must not be afraid of ...

When my last day finally comes — hopefully, not until I’m 105 or so — I want to be in full control of my own death. I do not want my last minutes on this agonizingly beautiful planet to be lost in a ...

After undergoing treatment with no improvement, she decided she wanted to end her life through California's Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) law Spangler-Sims will ingest her lethal medication Sunday, Aug.

Roseana Spangler-Sims, 72, will use California's medical aid in dying (MAID) law to end her life on Sunday. She's sharing her story to raise awareness about the option Courtesy Roseana Spangler-Sims ...