One of the most common desires of people with serious advanced illness is to be allowed to stay at home and avoid aggressive treatments. Check out POLST.

We need to be clear – home care matters more than ever.

A quick look at demographics and constant changes in the health care delivery system point to an expanding and necessary role for home health care. With the right services in place, people stay healthier longer, enjoy independence in their own home, and recover faster from hospitalizations.

Home is where people want to grow old in a safe...

Language forms the basis of how we communicate with each other. Words express how we feel about others, ourselves and what we’re experiencing at the moment. But what happens when words fail us? When we no longer remember the right words for everyday things, when people’s names are gone from our memory, when we can’t tell someone that we are in pain?

Caring for someone with dementia ca...