Palliative Care News

Medical and social workers are setting up a network and training system to help dying people define their own end-of-life choices - so families and caregivers can move forward knowing where death should take place, who should be there, how pain should be handled and where money should go.

Angela Fortunas has been appointed regional development director for the Cornerstone Hospice Foundation, it was recently announced by Nick Buchholz, executive director for the organization.

According to Authors Melinda Smith, M.A., and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D. from Helpguide.com, losing someone or something you love is very painful.

Anxiety has gripped patients and health officers at the Nairobi Hospice after Kenyatta National Hospital gave them a two-month notice to vacate their premises inside the hospital's compound.

Jan Goelz is being recognized as the 2011 'Volunteer of the Year' at Eaton Community Palliative Care, formerly Eaton Community Hospice.

Regrets, we've all had a few, but this month a book by an Australian nurse about the regrets of dying patients has sparked lively debate.

The Malvern, off Townsend Way, has donated a number of day passes in aid of St Richard's Hospice, Worcester, and hopes that they will provide the perfect Valentine's Day gift.

In September of 1992, Anne Judson's father died of a heart attack. Less than two months later, her husband also died suddenly.

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Bones / Orthopedics ; Palliative Care / Hospice Care Article Date: 11 Feb 2012 - 0:00 PST Many patients with advanced cancer suffer from cachexia, a condition also called body-wasting or wasting syndrome, which causes significant weight loss, extreme fatigue and reduces quality of life.

His cakes and brightly coloured socks have put smiles on the faces of palliative care patients for more than 15 years.

The moves of the Hospice Society of Camrose and District are something that needs to be supported whole-heartedly by the community.

For the first time men will be able to take their place on the starting line for the Willowbrook Hospice Moonlight Walk.

Amedisys was downgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating in a note issued to investors on Friday.

Exclusive new architects images of the Palliative Care East Centre were revealed to the Mercury this week.

The 'Rotary Navigation' will be along the Calder and Hebble Navigation and has now been extended from The Navigation Inn at Horbury to The Wharfe at Sowerby Bridge, a total of 19-miles. There will be start and finish points options along the way at Dewsbury, Mirfield, Brighouse, Elland and Sowerby Bridge - each leg about four miles long.

Survivors include his wife, Kristine; one brother, Jeremy Woolery of Grand Junction; and two sisters, Stephanie Axe and Cassie Brandon, both of Grand Junction.

Doctor Cathy Kelly-Langen, with the palliative care department at Akron Children's Hospital, is on call for Trinity and her family 24/7. "All the information that comes down from your brain down to your body goes through there.

AN EASTBOURNE woman whose partner died from a cancer linked to asbestos has launched a legal battle for compensation of up to 150,000. Gerald Giles, 81, died from malignant mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues surrounding his lungs, after being exposed to asbestos to work.

Members of Worcester Divers' covered 106 miles in four-and-a-half hours by pedalling on static bikes outside CafA© Vienna in CrownGate.

The family of a six-year-old boy who bravely fought a brain tumour have thanked a Norfolk hospice for its "amazing" support during his final weeks.