Nursing homes can be a refuge for older adults, offering a place to live, sleep, eat, socialize and receive medical care to support healthy aging. But as health declines with age, some people in ...

As a hospice nurse with more than 20 years of experience, I've sat with many patients at the end of their lives. But I've found that for most people, death isn't the biggest fear. It's the regrets.

"I had a patient tell me, 'It's not being dead that scares me … it's the dying part,'" Murray remembers. Many hospice health ...

Not getting the chance to gain closure and reconnect with your kids in the final days of your life is not a happy ending anyone desires. Unfortunately, it happens quite often, and hospice nurses are ...

As a hospice nurse, Julie McFadden spends her days caring for people near the ends of their lives. The job gives her a window into the regrets people most commonly express on their deathbeds, which ...

For hospice nurse Trish Carling, holding a dying patient's hand through the dark hours of the night was a privilege to share.

An eastern Iowa nurse previously sanctioned for possessing alcohol while on duty in a hospital is facing new sanctions from the Iowa Board of Nursing. Board records indicate Brittany Russell Anderson ...

Walla Walla Community Hospice employs nurses whose primary job is to help people transition to hospice care. Michael Franks, ...