Advances in healthcare and medical science have led to increased longevity of world populations. As the world population continues to age, healthcare systems struggle to keep up with the needs of an aging population with increasingly complex medical n . . .

The purpose of this project was to provide members of the California Senior Legislature information relevant to end-of-life services in correctional institutions. This information will be used to shape policies that ensure correctional end-of-life car . . .

Hospice provides comfort care services for dying patients and support for the patients’ families and/or caregivers. The research for this program evaluation is focused on two issues. The first issue is the underutilization of hospice due to a lack of . . .

The use of hospice services has increased over past 10 years, but minority access has been limited (Harber, 1999). In order to better understand the reasons for limited access to hospice by the Iu Mien community, this study explored the perceptions of . . .

The purpose of the project was to assess the level of awareness the Hmong community has about end of life services in attempt to understand the best approach to address the barriers of this topic. Despite the growth of the Hmong community over the yea . . .