HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s a topic that needs to be discussed with loved ones, and sometimes it can be uncomfortable but necessary. We’re talking about planning for your health care future and the ...

Oaklawn Hospital is hosting a series of free Advanced Directive Workshops to help community members plan for future health care needs. The workshops are open to the public and are held around Michigan ...

Toward the end of life — particularly for some frail, older individuals with chronic conditions — hospitalizations can become more frequent. While commonly these admissions are warranted, experts say, ...

If something serious happens to someone you love – so serious they would be incapable of making any health care decisions – are they prepared? Are you prepared? Probably not. The Centers for Disease ...

In August, 2014, following the tragic suicide of comic genius Robin Williams, Kay Redfield Jamison published an article in the NY Times titled “To Know Suicide.” In this essay, Dr. Jamison mentions ...

Oaklawn Hospital is hosting a series of free Advanced Directive Workshops to help community members plan for future health care needs. The workshops are open to the public around the area, including ...

What happens when a health emergency strikes us and we are unable to communicate our intentions for care? Through advanced health directives, New Hampshire adults have several lawyer-free options to ...

I had hoped that by now most adults in this country would have completed an advance directive for medical care and assigned someone they trusted to represent their wishes if and when they are unable ...

As many hunker down for now, we have an opportunity to reflect on many things about life that we are usually too busy to think about, or maybe we just don’t want to think about. It is a good idea to ...

DOVER — For the second consecutive year, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital has awarded a $10,000 community benefit grant to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to support Camp Carefree, a summer camp in ...