Can Policy Help to Expand Advance Care Planning?

As the world re-emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, health care advocates work to remove barriers to advance care planning, expand completions of advance directives, and ensure interoperability for advance directives in electronic health records (EHRs).

Gender Questions Challenge Hospice and Palliative Professionals to Come Down on the Side of Inclusivity

Hospice and palliative care nurses play an important role in understanding the care needs of LGBT patients, honoring their journey, and promoting awareness and inclusivity within the inter-disciplinary team.

Respect for Direct Care Workers in Hospice Care

For hospices and home health agencies, home health aides are vital members of the care team. But in other models of home and community-based care, their roles may be less clear. Offering them meaningful career development opportunities can go a long way in helping to address disparities in palliative care.

San Diego Physician Awarded Institute’s 2021 Doris A. Howell Award

A palliative care physician, educator, and leader whose work has helped to expand access to pediatric palliative care for seriously ill children across the San Diego region has been named the 2021 recipient of the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care Doris A. Howell, MD, Award for Advancing Palliative Care.

Community Health Workers Offer Access to Underserved Groups

Before COVID hit, Resolution Care Network – a telemedicine palliative care service in Eureka, Calif. – employed community health workers (CHWs) as an extension of its interdisciplinary palliative care team. They were the agency’s feet on the ground, its eyes and ears in the field, said CEO Michael Fratkin, MD.

PA Certificate in Palliative and Serious Illness Care

Learn evidence-based approaches essential to primary palliative care, including communication, advance care planning, prognostication, assessing, and treating common physical symptoms of serious illnesses, care at the end of life, and more.

Physician Assistants Pursue Larger Roles in Hospice and Palliative Care

The role of PAs in hospice and palliative care has been advancing over the past several years and is poised to keep growing, a great step in expanding access to palliative care to people who need it.

Healing Through Art

Learn how creative self-expression promotes healing and how to guide others in art activities that help them ease anxiety, process grief, and build resilience.

Keynote Speakers Announced for 2022 National Symposium

Legendary nurse, researcher, and innovator Jean Watson is among the inspiring clinicians and educators who will headline our 2022 National Symposium.

Crucial Need to Expand Palliative Care in Rural Communities

Interest in palliative care appears to have grown during the pandemic, but one sector still lags: rural communities. The challenges in rural care delivery are significant, but so is the need, experts say.

Coping With Moral Distress: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals

When you’re caring for people with serious illnesses, complex moral and ethical issues may arise that conflict with your beliefs about what’s right. This eBook examines the signs and symptoms of moral distress and provides key strategies to strengthen your personal resilience.

Navigating Medical Cannabis Is Continuing Challenge in Hospice and Palliative Care

Medical cannabis continues to move into the mainstream across the United States, but in many places it’s a therapeutic option that patients with serious illnesses and their families must largely navigate on their own.