More nursing homes are providing hospice care, but such services remain largely underused, a new LeadingAge report finds. The analysis notes that the hospices’ prevalence has skyrocketed in recent years, with the number of providers nearly doubling since 2000, at about 4,200 in 2016. “Over the same period of time, the hospice
The United States will experience significant growth of the population older than age 65 in the coming decades, which will contribute to an increase in the number of people living with chronic and serious illnesses in the community. Field experts, policy makers, and health care leaders have identified the lack of an adequately prepared
CLEVELAND — It is 7:30 on a summer morning in a room overlooking the slate-gray, lapping waters of Lake Erie. Ten or so people, some just arriving at work, some finishing a night shift, sit silently on benches and in armchairs below stained-glass windows. A plump golden retriever named Linus, a
