Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Brain & Behavior

Hospice Care Evolves as Alzheimer's, Other Ills Raise Demand

Putting terminally ill patients at ease during their final months of life

Posted November 4, 2008
Eighty one-year-old Robert Stack of Orange, Virginia, is cared for in his home by his wife, Beverly (light blue sweater), and a private nurse named Ellen Colvin (dark blue sweater).

Eighty one-year-old Robert Stack of Orange, Virginia, is cared for in his home by his wife, Beverly (light blue sweater), and a private nurse named Ellen Colvin (dark blue sweater). (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)

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