Terminal

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Hospice: Comfort for Patient and Caregivers Alike

  One family's experience with hospice during a mother's last weeks of life.

• Blog Post - Dr. Death Wants Your Vote

  By throwing his hat into the political ring, Jack Kevorkian has stirred renewed debate about doctor-assisted suicide.

• Blog Post - My mother's caregiver is too controlling and won't take direction from us.

  My mother has Alzheimer's and has had a live-in caregiver...

• Blog Post - Cancer Patients Fight for Access to New Drugs

  Access to experimental cancer drugs and treatments can save the lives of cancer patients, and the issue has become a heated one.

• Blog Post - My mother's growing needs are putting a strain on my marriage, and I find myself wondering which will fall apart first -- her, my marriage, or me. What can I do?

  Since my dad died five years ago, my mother has had...

Questions & Answers

• Question - How do I enroll a terminal cancer patient in hospice?

  Finding hospice services and learning their requirements is easy. Getting the best fit might take a little more work.

• Question - Who gets to determine when my terminally ill mother, who is on life support, is allowed to pass? My aunt, who has power-of-attorney, or her children?

  Painful as it seems, legal authority may trump family members’ wishes for medical care for a dying parent.

• Question - Answer To When To Call Hospice Question

  Hospice care is generally reserved for those who are diagnosed to be near death. But other help with care may be available if your parent doesn't qualify for hospice.

• Question - My mother doesn't want to know how long she has to live, so how do I say the things I need to say before it's too late?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert and a Community Member

• Question - When is the right time to call in hospice?

  Hospice care is generally reserved for those who are diagnosed to be near death. But other options for help with care may be available.

• Question - I made the decision to take my wife off life supports at the doctors recomendation. Will I have problems with her lfe insurance carrior when filing to collect?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - What rights do I have as a healthcare agent?

  This question has been answered by a Caring.com Expert

• Question - Are living trusts and living wills the same?

  When it comes to living wills and living trusts, only the names are similar. One concerns itself with controlling medical care; the other, passing title to property.

• Question - What is the specific wording I should use to exclude two children from my will?

  A few unembellished words will make your intention to disinherit your children bulletproof to later legal challenges.

News

• News - Talk Therapy Proves Effective for Terminal Cancer Patients

  FRIDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Talk therapy can...