How to Grieve – and How to Help Others Through Times of Loss
A grief facilitator and UCSF chaplain shares some advice on processing loss.
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Pain Expert Calls on Clinicians to Stop Needle Pain for Kids
A national challenge encourages doctors to help eliminate the pain, trauma and anxiety of needle jabs for young children.
With a Comfort Promise, New Clinic Aims to Eliminate Pain in Kids
The UCSF Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine treats young patients holistically by combining state-of-the art Western medicine with integrative medicine like acupuncture and hypnosis. The center is expanding with a new clinic in Walnut Creek.
Life Expectancy Tool May Improve Quality of Life for Patients With Dementia
A mortality prediction model for older adults with dementia may help physicians determine which treatments to provide while facilitating decision-making for patients and their families.
Hospice Improves Quality of Care in Patients With Dementia
A new study by researchers at UCSF and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that hospice patients with dementia are more likely to receive excellent care and have their anxiety and sadness managed than those not on hospice.
Stad Gift Launches Center for Pediatric Pain and Integrative Medicine
A $3 million gift from Elisa and Marc Stad will launch the Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals – one of the most innovative and comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation.
Video Offers Roadmap to Facilitate Family Conferences When Patient Prognosis is Poor
A new video offers a roadmap for structured meetings between clinicians and family members when a patient has a serious or life-threatening condition.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Helping People Die from 3,000 Miles Away
Palliative care expert Alex Smith, MD, guides the families of COVID patients through the hardest decisions of their lives.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Confronting a Lethal Disease Unlike Any Before We’d Seen Before
What’s it like – as a clinician, researcher, student, or hospital staffer – to confront a lethal disease unlike any you’ve seen before? In this special series, professionals across UCSF share first-person accounts of COVID-19 that reveal grit, ingenuity, and resolve in the face of fear.
Most Seniors with Dementia Live at Home, Despite Pain, Anxiety, Poor Health
Study has revealed that seniors with dementia living at home may endure more pain and have more complex or unaddressed medical needs than their counterparts in nursing homes.
Palliative Care: It’s About Living, Not Dying
An international expert shares how palliative care can improve the quality of life for people with serious illnesses.
