Health & Disease Education

When walking becomes difficult during serious illness, everyday routines can feel overwhelming. Learn how individualized mobility support, equipment, caregiver guidance, and hospice care can help preserve comfort, safety, and dignity.

What happens when a hospice patient has trouble swallowing medication? Learn when to call hospice, why crushing pills requires guidance, and how medication options can support continued comfort.

Hearing and vision changes in hospice can make communication more challenging. Learn practical ways to support comfort, adapt conversations, and help your loved one stay connected with family.

Learn what metastatic breast cancer means, how stage 4 breast cancer is treated, and how palliative care, hospice, and support resources can help patients and families.

Advanced liver cancer can bring changing symptoms and care needs. Learn how palliative care, hospice, and practical caregiver support can help patients and families.

When a hospice patient needs help at night or on the weekend, knowing whom to call can ease uncertainty. Learn how after-hours support works, what to report, and how to prepare.

Living with advanced COPD can bring breathing difficulties, fatigue, and growing caregiving needs. Learn how hospice supports eligible patients and families through comfort-focused care, symptom management, education, and emotional support.

What happens during a hospice admission visit? Learn what patients and families can expect, including the initial assessment, medication review, paperwork, equipment needs, caregiver education, and how the hospice care plan begins.

Why do hospice patients sometimes stop talking? Learn how fatigue, increased sleeping, weakness, confusion, and changes in consciousness can affect communication near the end of life—and how families can continue offering comfort and connection when words become fewer.

Why do hospice patients stop drinking near the end of life? Learn how thirst, swallowing, sleep, and natural body changes affect fluid intake—and how families can provide comfort.

Serious illness can change more than our health—it can change the way we experience time. Appointments, caregiving, uncertainty, and meaningful moments can make days feel longer and years feel less important. Explore how illness changes the way we measure time and why ordinary moments can take on new meaning.

Sundowning can cause increased confusion, restlessness, anxiety, and behavioral changes in people living with dementia, particularly later in the day. Learn what sundowning is, why it may happen, common symptoms to watch for, and practical ways caregivers can help make evenings calmer and safer.

Receiving a terminal diagnosis can feel overwhelming. Learn the most important questions to ask about prognosis, treatment options, quality of life, palliative care, hospice, advance care planning, and support for your family.

Falls are common among older adults, but many can be prevented. Learn practical fall prevention tips for seniors, ways to make the home safer, and where families can find help with walkers and other medical equipment.

Pain can look different for everyone, especially during serious illness. Learn how pain management in hospice supports comfort and quality of life, signs of pain families can watch for, and free support resources available for people living with chronic pain.

Learn the seven stages of dementia, from no cognitive decline to very severe dementia, including common symptoms, changes families may notice, and what to expect as dementia progresses.

Learn the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, including common types of dementia, symptoms, progression, and when families may consider hospice care.

Chronic illness affects more than physical health. Learn why anxiety and depression are common with long-term illness, what signs to watch for, and how families can provide meaningful support.

What does transitioning in hospice mean? Learn the common signs of transitioning, what families may notice, how long it can last, and how hospice helps provide comfort and support.

Terminal secretions at end of life can sound frightening, but they are a common part of the dying process. Learn what causes noisy or rattling breathing, whether it means your loved one is suffering, and how hospice can help provide comfort.