Recently, studies and news reports have focused on the acceleration of for-profit hospices and questioned those facilities’ marketing practices. In response to these questions, and those raised by its ...

After more than 35 years, we finally have new regulations pending for hospice, the result of hard work by the Department of Public Health and 28 of the 29 hospice organizations in the state. These new ...

The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, which is a terminal illness, should be guided by patient and family preference for comfort, not estimated life expectancy, says a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain to provide recommendations for the prescribing of opioid pain medication for ...

The system for hospice admissions for patients with advanced dementia, a terminal illness, should be guided by patient and family preference for comfort, not estimated life expectancy, according to ...

STAMFORD -- State Rep. Dan Fox, D-Stamford, said the closure of the Richard L. Rosenthal Hospice late last year is an illustration of how the state's longstanding rules for hospice kept nursing and ...

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new opioid guidelines in 2016, I warned in the article “CDC opioid guidelines raise alarms among hospice and palliative healthcare ...

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Hospice of Redmond continues to serve families throughout Central Oregon amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and is following safety and health guidelines as outlined by the Oregon ...

The state Department of Public Health has proposed new regulations for hospice facilities, including hospice residences such as the 12-bed Rosenthal Hospice Residence in Stamford. After 32 years, ...