Resources and Readings
Caregiving for Divorced Parents: Research on End-of-Life Care Quality
A recent study published in The Journals of Gerontology explores how marital status and social networks impact the quality of end-of-life care for older adults in the United States. Using data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), researchers analyzed ten dimensions of care. Three
March 30, 2026 · 3 min read
Analyzing the 'Quiet Workforce': New Insights into U.S. Family Caregiving
Many conversations about healthcare focus on hospitals, physicians, or emerging technologies. However, a significant portion of care in the United States occurs in a different setting: the home. Data from a recent Pew Research Center survey highlights the scale of this shift. Millions of Americans n
March 11, 2026 · 2 min read
Why Early End-of-Life Conversations Are Important in Hospice Care
The hospice team often meets families at one of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. A loved one is nearing the end, emotions are raw, and time feels both urgent and suspended. What many families don’t realize – until they are in it – is how much harder this moment becomes when conversations
January 19, 2026 · 4 min read
Invisible Crisis: Rural Healthcare in a City-Centered System
You don’t have to be a policy expert to notice something basic and uncomfortable about health care in the United States: Your chances of getting timely, good care change a lot depending on where you live. Roughly one in five people in the U.S. live in rural areas. Yet the system they interact with c
December 8, 2025 · 8 min read
Helping Aging Parents: How to Balance Safety, Independence, and Love
The Emotional Tension of Aging Parents As parents grow older, many adult children find themselves in a quiet emotional struggle. On one hand, you want to respect your parents’ independence – the routines they enjoy, the home they’ve built their lives around, the sense of control that still matters d
November 27, 2025 · 4 min read
The Value of Timely Hospice Enrollment
Despite the clear benefits of hospice care, many patients are referred very late – sometimes in their final days of life – limiting the opportunity to benefit from its full scope. Two of the most commonly cited reasons for this delayed referral are: Together, these barriers contribute to the pattern
November 9, 2025 · 3 min read
What Is Hospice? Finding Meaning in Comfort and Care
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published a Perspective titled “What Is Hospice?” – a piece that captures, in striking detail, what hospice truly means beyond the policies, programs, and checklists that are so often discussed in healthcare. It begins with a familiar question from a pati
November 9, 2025 · 3 min read
Hospice Voices and End-of-Life Choices: A Powerful Call for Compassion
A shift is unfolding across the United States as more states are enacting Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) laws. This legislation allows terminally ill, mentally capable adults with a prognosis of six months or less to request medication to end their lives peacefully. As of 2025, twelve U.S. jurisdiction
November 3, 2025 · 5 min read
