AARP
AARP's End-of-Life page. Offers information on having end-of-life conversations.
601 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20049
1-800-424-3410
Aging with Dignity
The Five Wishes Project, offers advance directive forms that can be used by residents of 33 states.
1-888-5-WISHES
Americans for Better Care of the Dying
We can change what people face as they come to the end of life - our goals are to build momentum for reform, to explore new methods and systems for delivering care, and to shape public policy through evidence-based understanding.
2175 K Street NW, Suite 820
Washington, DC, 20037
Delaware End of Life Coalition
Network of people and resources to help the people of Delaware address the difficult issues surrounding end-of-life.
DyingWell
Defining Wellness through the End of Life - Resources for people facing life-limiting illness, their families, and their professional caregivers. Dr. Ira Byock, long time palliative care physician and advocate for improved end-of-life care, and a past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, provides written resources and referrals to organizations, web sites and books to empower persons with life threatening illness and their families to live fully.
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
Bill Moyers' extraordinary public television series, On Our Own Terms: Moyers On Dying, started a national conversation about the issues, obstacles and models for changing the way Americans approach the end of life. WHYY-TV12 presents a rebroadcast of the 4-part series Sundays from 1:30-3pm - 9/23 (Living With Dying), 9/30 (A Different Kind of Care), 10/7 (A Death of One's Own), 10/14 (A Time to Change). For related resources:
Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying
It's All About Talking page.
PFC Publications - Publications Office
325 East Oliver Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Hotline: 1-800-989-9455 (option 2)
TACCC
(Lets Talk About Change, Challenges and Care at the End of Life)
In-services, seminars, lectures, conversations about navigating the healthcare system when chronically or terminally ill, advance planning (advance directives), communication with doctors, ethical dilemmas, grieving losses and issues for learning how to live well to the end of life.
Contact Paul B. Solnick, MD, Esq. at 215-836-4496 or Mary Jo Walheim at 610-667-6866
RELATED BOOKS
Dying Well : Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life
by Ira Byock, MD
Paperback - 299 pages (March 1998)
Riverhead Books, New York; ISBN: 1573226572
Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
by Joanne Lynn (Editor), Joan Harrold, Center to Improve Care of the Dying, Rosalynn Carter. Hardcover - 242 pages 1st edition (February 15, 1999)
Oxford University Press (Trade); ISBN: 0195116623
Kitchen Table Wisdom - Stories That Heal
by Naomi Rachel Remen, MD
Riverhead Books, New York (1996)
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