hospice

The job of Vishisho Awomi, known to her patients as Chaplain Avika, is to provide comfort in life's final moments. She's a chaplain with Vitas Healthcare, providing spiritual support for people in hospice.

Ground was broken on the 8,300-square-foot Dorion Family Pediatric Center, which will help children deal with complex medical conditions, as well as help their families work through their deaths.

The Empath Health facility in Ocala held an open house Friday focused on using art to express those powerful feelings of grief.

It has been one year since Jimmy Carter entered hospice, which often is for patients facing incurable diseases. Contrary to popular belief, starting hospice doesn't mean giving up on life.

The new First Commerce Center for Compassionate Care will provide eight patient rooms in a comfortable, home-like setting with accommodations for loved ones.

The pandemic disrupted the massage industry. Now those who specialize in hospice massage therapy are in demand and redefining their roles.

New rules would reinstate most of the online prescribing rules for controlled drugs that were relaxed due to COVID-19. Critics say exceptions should be made for people in hospice care or those who qualify for medically assisted suicide.

The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting to those who most need it.

Hospice care is treatment designed to make patients comfortable in their final days. It is usually home-based and reserved for those declared by two physicians to be terminally ill, with six months or less to live.

The woman was unresponsive, and nurses were unable to detect her breathing. A state agency report found the facility "failed to ensure residents received dignified treatment and care at end of life."