Research has found grieving together is more beneficial than doing so without help, writes Lisa McCarty.

Deb Robertson has become a leading advocate for end-of-life options in Illinois. After being diagnosed with a rare cancer, she pushed for a law allowing terminally ill patients to use lethal prescriptions to end their lives.

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

An advance care planning bill introduced in California has recently passed in the state Senate. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is now considering

Researchers found 67 percent of Americans underreported having a dementia diagnosis, over double the rate for other conditions.

The medical aid in dying law is facing court challenges but the law still stands.

Our understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease is evolving. Recent discoveries have revealed the important role of the cerebral vascular system.

Bryn Schraven aims to help others through the experience of loss and to change the conversation around death through their business, Silver Glass Deathcare.

Medical aid in dying is now legal in New York. A team of clinical professionals decided to create a practice to help their clients die on their own terms.

Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally capable adult patient voluntarily requests and receives a prescription medication from their physician that they can self-administer to die peacefully on their own terms. Medical aid in dying is authorized in 14 jurisdictions w…

When a community stops avoiding death and starts talking about it, everything changes.

People with a comprehensive understanding of palliative care overwhelmingly prefer end-of-life care at home or in hospice care over a hospital or institutional setting, according to a new study published in the Journal of Palliative Care and Social Practice.

Kerri Hays We will do many hard things throughout our lives. Some of these are things we choose to do, like run a marathon or tackle a big work project.  Others are things that life Read more…

For many who go home in hospice care to die, death is neither immediate nor quick. Some, like President Jimmy Carter, live quality years in home care

DALLAS -- Jeanine Blair opened the door for her death doula on a cloudless Friday morning in July. They greeted each other like old friends.

Palliative care can begin with a serious illness diagnosis, easing symptoms while supporting patients and caregivers. Experts say earlier access can improve qua...

My wife had to move states to die on her own terms. I’m fighting to make sure others don’t have to.

Start those essential conversations with your parents at 75 about finances, care, and end-of-life wishes. Planning now can make all the difference later. (AP Photo)

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized adoption of the Advance Care Planning electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) as a new self-selected electronic quality measure in the FY 2027 finalized Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) ruling. This additional quality metric is expected to start voluntarily CY 2028 and will be mandatory in calendar […]

The role of government should not be to prescribe one universally acceptable way to die.

On August 5th, 2025, New York State became one of only a handful of states in the country where medical aid in dying is now legal. For our community — people living with metastatic breast cancer — this is not an abstract policy debate. It's a deeply personal question about how we want to live, an

Dr Ros Taylor MBE explores the courage, compassion and collaboration needed to lead meaningful palliative and end of life care.  Leadership in palliativ

Living wills aren’t always followed in practice, most often because the document isn’t available when it’s needed or never reaches the right people in time.

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who fears discussing end-of-life affairs will make her husband think she wants him gone.

WXXI Morning Edition host Mikhaela Singleton and Capitol Bureau reporter Samuel King catch up on the latest developments in the state’s Medical Aid in Dying legislation.

We know opponents' arguments to be false based on data from the 14 states plus Washington, D.C., where medical aid in dying is legal.

Theresa Brown, RN, PhD, outlines what oncology nurses should know about palliative care, and helping patients navigate medical, social, financial, and technological barriers.

The U.S Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed coverage of community-based palliative care through the Medicare home health

Personal experience fuels nurse Jeannie Meyer’s commitment to helping the homeless die with dignity by providing them access to advance healthcare directives.