A rising number of patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS ...

The U.S. spends significantly on healthcare, yet lags in life expectancy and quality-of-death indices compared to other developed nations. Unrealistic expectations and a warlike mentality towards ...

Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people with serious or life-altering illnesses. Each person’s care varies but can involve physical, psychological, and educational elements.

Long-term care (LTC) is an insurance policy add-on that can help pay for certain long-term care costs that health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid don't cover. That could include anything from ...

Why we chose it: We chose New York Life as the best long-term care insurance company for financial stability because it has ...

This profile has not been claimed by the company. See reviews below to learn more or submit your own review. Bankers Life sells term, permanent and universal life insurance policies. Term life ...

When you’re seriously ill, you have to manage not just your medical condition but physical, emotional, and practical matters as well. You may be in pain or too tired to get through the day. You and ...

As a hospice volunteer, I once asked a woman I’d been visiting for several months what she wanted for her upcoming 75th birthday. She was wheelchair-bound, living in a nursing home, and in the last ...

All of us face the difficult prospect of a parent or loved one suffering from an illness that ultimately leads to death. When that time comes, we will want to ease their physical and emotional pain, ...

When a fetus or newborn is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, no matter how early or late in the pregnancy, it is a loss that parents grieve. Parents imagine their child's future from the ...

Life Care Centers of America owner, founder, CEO/Chairman Forrest Preston, circa 2003 (Photo: Max McKenzie/LCCA) A son of billionaire Life Care Centers owner Forrest Preston has filed for ...

Over half of seniors will need help with eating, getting dressed or other basic activities at some point, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the cost of help continues ...