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Groundbreaking palliative care partnership
Partnership aims to transform how Catholic health care, parishes care for the sick and dying...
Parishes, health ministry elevate compassionate care of seriously ill
California's Catholic bishops, Providence St. Joseph Health and Dignity Health will help scale the initiative being developed in California to spread best practices in pastoral and clinical care...
Medicaid: Myths vs. Facts
Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States. The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services identified substance use disorder services as a priority for the next...
Webinar Series: Demystifying Palliative Care
Tune in to this webinar series to find out everything you need to know about palliative care.
When the sky falls
When the sky fell for Jennifer, she lost her husband and best friend. All their plans were gone, along with coverage for her girls. But Medicaid stood in the gap.
Thanks to advances in public health and treatments, people are living longer than ever. What’s needed now are bold policies to improve palliative care and hospice for those with serious illness...
What is an advance care directive? How do I begin? Where can I go to fill one out? Learn more here.
The Growing Season explores the very real experience of aging in America—both growing up, and growing old. Help us bring this incredible story to life.
Portraits of people with serious illness sharing their loving wisdom, through the lens of renowned photographer Andrew George. These moving images would not have been possible without the help of...
Asia Harmeling and Ralph Pasana talk about why they chose nursing. Ralph shares the memory as a teen of one day wanting to spend time with friends rather than care for his grandmother and how that...
Dr. Ira Byock and Dr. BJ Miller discuss being present, caring for the seriously ill, self-care and the secret to life.
It's hard when a loved one needs end of life care, even harder when they can't afford it. learn how Providence St. Joseph Health helps families in need receive this vital care.
Dr. Ellyn Lee unveils the misconception in both the medical community and general public that palliative care is only for those near end of life and how patients are missing an opportunity early on...
We hear the words palliative care and think end-of-life, hospice, impending death. Then we stop listening all together. Many think there are two separate roads in cancer care, one curative and...
Actress Shar Jackson recently faced this issue when she and her family were forced to make care decisions for her ailing mother who did not have an advance directive...
Becky Brinda had known about advance directives for a long time; her husband had completed one after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. But when Becky herself was diagnosed with a serious disease...
Highly personalized care should be available to people of any age and stage of life. The Institute for Human Caring is working hard to ensure that happens.
Through National Hospice and Palliative Care Month every November, we’re reminded that now is the best time to learn about hospice when end-of-life care isn’t an immediate concern.
People who are being treated for advanced forms of cancer should be given care that will comfort and support them as the disease progresses, according to updated guidelines from an association of...
One of the best tools for gracefully handling the transitions that face your aging parents is communication. Talk to them.