This will be a bigger and bigger concern as the population ages' The lifetime risk of dementia after age 55 is about 42%, according to a 2025 study published in the journal Nature Medicine.

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Learn why career interest is surging for Death Doulas after actress Nicole Kidman announced that she was in training to become one, following the death of her mother.

In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not go to the emergency room” became my husband’s mantra. Andrej had ...

In a large bedroom inside a sprawling home in the Gold Coast hinterland Jonathan Crabtree lay dead. Over the next nine years ...

Researchers assessed a multidisciplinary palliative care nursing plan for cancer-related fatigue in patients with advanced lung cancer.

Young athletes are being recruited to plug a staff shortage in Japan’s nursing homes. The results are reshaping elder care. Young athletes are being recruited to plug a staff shortage in Japan’s ...

The idea of a death doula as a profession is newer. According to the International End-of-Life Doula Association, end-of-life ...

Like this late patient of mine, Americans often plan the rituals to follow their death but much less often plan the dying ...

Advance directives document patient preferences for future care, including end-of-life. An analysis in the Journal of the ...

Workers at a private company the Nova Scotia government contracts to care for deeply vulnerable people say Arden Professional Client Care is scrambling to replace some of its most experienced staff.