end of life care

The number of adults with dementia is growing — and so is the number of family members who step in to help. A St. Louis-based nonprofit is trying to meet their needs.

In her new book "Mom Forgot My Birthday: A Daughter's Journey Through Alzheimer's," Sonya Jury offers advice for navigating an a loved one's diagnosis through a lens of "how-not-to."

In KCUR's series, The Next Normal, we document how the lives of Kansas Citians have been transformed by the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders.

Should doctors and judges be able to decide on an infant's end-of-life care, even if it goes against the wishes of the child's parents? Does a…

Kansas legislators heard testimony against physician-assisted suicide Monday from a former state representative.“This is a direction we don’t want to go,”…

Attitudes about hospice and palliative care have changed dramatically over the last 40 years, and the number of patients who receive this type of…

Last month, a Facebook comment published by a member of Kansas Governor Brownback's administration stirred controversy among people offended by her post.…

Editor’s note: On Wednesday, Medicare, announced that it would reimburse doctors for end-of-life counseling. It’s part of an emerging conversation about…

Editor’s note: On Wednesday, Medicare announced that it would reimburse doctors for end-of-life counseling. It’s part of an emerging conversation about…

Editor’s note: On Wednesday, Medicare, announced that it would reimburse doctors for end-of-life counseling. It’s part of an emerging conversation about…

Note: KCUR will run a series of stories Friday on end-of-life issues and the policy changes needed to give people more control over what happens to them…

It's one of life's great inevitables, and we don't mean taxes.Death Cafes, where people get together to hang out and talk about death and dying, have…