Many families are ill-equipped to handle the various physical, emotional, psychosocial and practical needs of a loved one nearing the end of life. Forging stronger collaborations with advance care planning service providers can help hospices ensure better goal-concordant care delivery. Decisions at the end of life reach beyond an individual’s medical condition and involve in-depth […]
Program integrity challenges in the organ procurement and transplant space have led to national legislative reform. Palliative care providers are seeking to help families understand and address these issues to ensure goal-concordant care delivery. Palliative care patients and their families navigate a host of legal, medical and logistical considerations when navigating complex organ donation and […]
Hospice and palliative care providers can benefit from understanding federal and state laws around the use of psychedelics by serious and terminally ill patients. Current regulations govern not only access to these substances, but the research into how patients could be affected. But any rules should include clear federal standards for this research as far […]
Efforts have been growing to push forward education and awareness about the importance of advance care planning. In addition to expanding public knowledge, more training and education is needed among health care professionals of all walks to facilitate and encourage conversations involving goals of care at the end of life. Advance care planning is an […]
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