GREENSBORO, N.C. — As people set New Year’s resolutions and plan for the future, health experts say advance care planning should be part of that conversation. Elizabeth Golding, medical director of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do your family and friends know your wishes if you are in an accident or seriously injured? This week is Advanced Care Planning Week at Sentara Healthcare, and trained professionals are ready to help ...

Nursing homes could soon be measured on their ability to capture advance care planning documents for their patients, according to a federal publication. On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Federal officials have quietly withdrawn the only new nursing home quality measure that had been listed as “under consideration” for future years. In December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of end-of-life conversations and completion of advance directives increased after the intervention. The ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Sunday is National Healthcare Decisions Day, and UW Health is encouraging people to develop an advance care plan now to avoid stress and save money later. Less than half of the 55,000 ...

Data has shown that roughly one-quarter of traditional Medicare spending for healthcare is for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in their last year of life—a proportion that has remained ...