hospice

The announcement this week that a Maine home care agency is closing due to financial challenges means that nearly 600 seniors will have to find services…

A study by Stanford University reports that 80 percent of people would prefer to die at home, yet only 20 percent actually do. End-of-life care describes…

Grief has much deeper impacts and broader meaning than simply feeling sad when someone is gone. What are the different kinds of grief, and how do they…

Palliative care aims to provide patients with serious illnesses relief and comfort—but it’s not the same as hospice care. Surveys suggest that tens of…

When faced with a terminal illness, some people might choose to fight it. But increasingly, doctors and patients are taking a different tack: Instead of…

The Maine Calling Book Club reconvenes to discuss Atul Gawande's best selling book 'Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine, and What Matters in the End."Guests:…

End of life care. In Maine, the hospice movement has grown over the years, helping to address the needs of the state's older population or those with…