Everyone hopes to enjoy a high quality of life in their golden years, from traveling after retirement to spending time with grandchildren. As seniors age, planning for the final stages of life is ...

Advance care planning is a vital step for every adult but LGBTQ+ Floridians often face unique hurdles when their wishes are not legally documented. Osha Towers, LGBTQ+ engagement director for ...

Telemedicine offers a viable option for advance care planning, overcoming physical and logistical barriers for vulnerable cancer patients. No significant difference in advance care planning or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study follows opinion pieces questioning the value of advance care planning. Previous studies had relied ...

Implementing advance care planning consults can increase advance directive completion rates. The authors demonstrate the impact of consults on completed advance directives in the medical record.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You never know when a situation could arise that would make you unable to make your own decisions, including when it comes to your health care. Have you thought about what you would ...

Cancer patients who engage in advance care planning are more likely to receive less aggressive, more comfort-based end-of-life care when compared to their peers who do not have an advanced care plan ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones. Researchers like me, who ...