Advanced care at home (otherwise known as hospital at home) can be scaled and provide care for a sizable portion of a hospital’s inpatient census, creating hospital capacity in an integrated delivery ...

During a medical emergency or a serious illness or at the end of life, questions may arise about a patient’s medical treatment and how their care team should proceed. In instances where the patient is ...

Advance directives are legal documents that outline your preferences regarding major medical decisions. The two main types are a living will and a durable power of attorney. An advance directive is ...

For Texas health system Houston Methodist, the major challenges to obtaining completed advance care directives included the time constraints of primary care physicians in addressing advance care ...

Several triggers, such as consultations for malignancy and heart failure, noted in electronic health records (EHRs) of older adults were associated with mortality. The initiation of advance care ...

Adults with serious illness in the US were significantly more likely than those without to think about their advance care plans, a new study has found. Those concerned about whether their surrogates ...

Jennifer Lagemann is a former family caregiver, as well as a professional caregiver and administrator at home care agencies. She works as a writer and researcher, helping care providers create patient ...