Recently, I encouraged a dear great-aunt to go into a hospice program. She is childless, and like so many seniors she lives alone, is adamant that she wants to do so, and has private caregivers who ...

National Hospice Month is an opportunity to celebrate the tireless work of the hospice professionals who help patients and their families during the weeks and months that they journey with a serious ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

A few days remain before Robert Patterson will mark his 97th birthday, on the day after Christmas. No one can be sure how many more candles he’ll add to his cake. He and his wife, Joyce, who is 90, ...

MANKATO — After about 26 years as a hospice volunteer, Sandy Parks of rural Cleveland has no plans to stop. She’s noticed a change over those years, though. When she started volunteering in retirement ...