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Advance care plan: A checklist for the future
Do you and your loved ones have an advance care plan? An advance care plan spells out decisions you'd...
Caregivers
Meet the Director: Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., FAAN, National Institute of Nursing Research
Nursing is the largest health care workforce in the United States. As Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research ...
Meet the Director, Health Disparities
Who's on your palliative care team?
Palliative (pal-lee-uh-tiv) care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. Think of it as a support...
Palliative Care
3 tips for families considering palliative care
Patients and their families who have heard about the value of palliative care often have many questions about it. Jeri...
Palliative Care
Comfort care for kids and their families: A mother’s story
When Jake Swoyer was born in 1995, he seemed like any other healthy baby boy. His family—parents, John and Barbara Swoyer,...
Palliative Care
New research on palliative care and COVID-19
Jean Kutner, M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is a well-known expert...
Palliative Care
Comforting and supporting caregivers
Some of the greatest challenges in patient care involve helping people improve their quality of life as they cope with...
Palliative Care
What is palliative care?
Palliative care offers care and support from a team of health providers such as doctors, nurses, and social workers. Palliative...
Palliative Care
NIH studies explore intersection of art, music, and health
Though funding opportunities supported by NIH and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of Sound Health were...
Sound Health
10 NIH research highlights
At any given time, NIH is funding thousands of research studies and clinical trials across the U.S. Some studies...
NIH ResearchPersonal Story
A couple’s caregiving journey
David Kaye never thought anything could hurt him. He spent 25 years in the Army as a Green Beret and served...
Caregivers, Personal Story
Caregiving isn’t a solo sport
Leeza Gibbons is a leading TV talk show host, entertainment reporter, and best-selling author, but she has another role: caregiver. ...
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