Best practices in clinical care delivery to improve quality of life for people living with serious illness and their families.

Beyond the Physical: How to Address Psycho-Spiritual Pain in Serious Illness

When medication isn't enough, pain may be rooted in something deeper. A chaplain shares how clinicians can recognize and respond to psycho-spiritual pain in patients with serious illness.

Malnutrition in Serious Illness: How to Support Patients Through Their Changing Nutrition Needs

Learn how palliative care clinicians can identify malnutrition early, and, in partnership with the interprofessional team, support patients with goal-concordant nutrition care.

How Palliative Care Teams Can Partner with Medical Interpreters for High-Quality, Equitable Care

Strategies for partnering with medical interpreters and striving for more equitable care for patients with non-English language preference.

“I Want to Learn to Speak Palliative Care”: Reflections from Fellowship Interviews

The next generation of palliative care physicians reflects on what their palliative care fellowship will teach them.

How Palliative Care Can Expand its Reach in Surgical Settings

Discover how palliative care clinicians can build relationships with surgical teams to reach more patients while helping their organization meet age-friendly requirements.

Beyond the Checkboxes: Using Assessment Tools Without Overwhelming Patients or Caregivers

How clinicians caring for people with serious illness can use assessment tools to strengthen, rather than become a barrier to, connection.

How States Are Using CAPC’s Serious Illness Scorecard to Improve Care

Discover how state palliative care champions are turning data into action through CAPC’s Scorecard Roadshow, using tailored insights from the Serious Illness Scorecard to drive strategic planning and advocacy.

Symptom Management in Kidney Disease: Integrating Kidney Supportive Care

How kidney supportive care helps nephrology clinicians assess and manage symptom burden in people living with CKD and ESKD—and ease unnecessary suffering.

Integrating Palliative Care into Cardiology: Lessons from Clinical Practice

Explore how palliative care and cardiology can partner to better support people with heart failure, and how one team successfully embedded themselves into their organization’s cardiology service.

Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: Insights from a Virtual Panel

Five program leaders share how delivering palliative care in the ED improves outcomes, reduces costs, and provides critical support for patients and families when time is of the essence.

When First-Line Antiemetics Aren’t Enough: Considering Olanzapine in Palliative Care

Learn when a low-dose trial of olanzapine may be appropriate to safely manage multiple symptoms, including nausea and vomiting in patients with serious illness—and how to prescribe it.

Supporting People Aging with HIV: What Palliative Care Clinicians Need to Know

Explore how geriatrics and palliative care clinicians can work together to support people through the complexities of aging with HIV—with comprehensive, person-centered care and advance care planning.

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