Families often ask what they need to do to get their affairs in order, especially after receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other form of cognitive impairment. The key documents authorize specific people or institutions to take care of your finances or make medical decisions when you are unable Read More…
The product in question will cost you $199. You believe it has the potential to profoundly change your sense of your future, 
and re-order your priorities. Should you buy it?
I am talking about the DNA testing kit marketed Read More…
Palliative care is an emerging medical specialty that is often misunderstood. Taken literally, to palliate means to alleviate or soothe. Palliative care focuses on treating the symptoms of serious illness, not on curing the underlying disease. People use the terms hospice and palliative care interchangeably, but there are important distinctions.
Palliative Care
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The process of knowing and communicating what health care treatments you want as you face the end of life is complex. Typically the process unfolds Read More…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, The Conversation Project and Ariadne Labs held a summit last week that attracted 58 different organizations and over 500 professionals to the JFK Library. The issues that brought this Read More…
