A proposed Medicare rule would require hospitals to report whether patients’ end-of-life care preferences are documented, a ...

Serious illness communications are crucial elements of care delivery for patients with cancer. High-quality serious illness communications are composed of open, honest discussions between patients, ...

There’s a well-worn saying about parenting that holds true: it is one of the few roles where your job is to make yourself irrelevant. The goal of parenting is to give your children the skills they’ll ...

Are the holidays a good time to have a long-term care conversation? OneAmerica Financial's findings shed some light. (AI-generated image) Is the holiday season a good time to discuss long-term care ...

A new study from Flinders University researchers describes the perspectives of aged care staff on when and how they communicate with families to plan end-of-life care—and identifies that increased ...

How a senior will be taken care of when they can no longer do it is not a conversation anyone is likely excited to have, but if you and your parents get old enough, you’ll probably have to have it.

An effective plan will educate clients as to what the three major planning behaviors are in response to long-term care costs. Just lay out honestly how people act. Then they can see where they fall on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most patients want to have conversations about costs of care. Fewer than 15% of patients report having these ...