hospice

Steve Litwer is an amateur guitarist who's written a book about the healing nature of his volunteer work with people approaching death.

Segment 1: One proposed bill in Kansas legislature would allow state prisoners expected to die to be released sooner.Although the bill would extend…

Segment 1: Cyprus Avenue host Bill Shapiro died at the age of 82.On Saturday nights for more than 40 years, Bill Shapiro hosted Cyprus Avenue, a music…

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

Elaine McIntosh, president and CEO of Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, says she’s stepping down after 24 years at the helm of the area’s largest…

Paying for care is expensive — whether it's child-care, in-home nursing or help for an aging relative. And according to the Economic Policy Institute,…

An Oklahoma City-based hospice with offices in Kansas City, Mo., and in Kansas will pay $4 million to settle allegations that it improperly admitted…

Olathe Medical Center officials say they have added a building block to their vision of providing cradle-to-grave care.On Wednesday, in front of a crowd…

It seems like there’s a greeting card for everything these days: for going back to school, for anniversaries, and yes, even for losing your job. But what…

When Regina Holliday’s husband, Frederick Allen Holliday II, went to the hospital in 2009, he was already at the end stages of kidney cancer.The next two…