ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- Advance directives do have an impact on health care at the end of life, especially in regions of the country with high spending on end-of-life care, according to a University of ...

November is national caregiver month and hopefully many of the local caregivers attended Friday’s annual Caregiver Conference hosted by Maui County Office on Aging. If not, put it on your calendar for ...

Dear Doctor: I recently read about advance directives that deal only with dementia. Is there some benefit to those over the more traditional directives? If so, how do I go about creating one? Dear ...

The end of life sometimes begins with an advance directive. Learning about advance directives now may make things easier for ...

Advance directives are legal documents that outline your preferences regarding major medical decisions. The two main types are a living will and a durable power of attorney. An advance directive is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Few African American individuals with cancer completed advance directives despite a high level of advance care ...

Jennifer Lagemann is a former family caregiver, as well as a professional caregiver and administrator at home care agencies. She works as a writer and researcher, helping care providers create patient ...

Some types of health conditions, like Alzheimer's disease, mean that at some point you might not be able to make your own decisions about the health care you get. In these cases, it helps to have ...

Five minutes. That is all I had to make my case: to convince this 80-year-old man to fill out an advanced care directive. John, as I’ll call him, had served in the military for over thirty years, ...

Sandra Daniels knows better than anyone accidents can happen out of nowhere. The 77-year-old Glendale resident was in the bathroom of her home last month when she slipped and fell, fracturing three ...

Dear Doctor: I recently read about advance directives that deal only with dementia. Is there some benefit to those over the more traditional directives? If so, how do I go about creating one? Dear ...