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Advance
Care Planning Resources Project
Compassion Project Compassion’s Advance Care Planning
Initiative provides a range of resources for end of life planning: ·
printed and online resources on Advance Care Planning ·
public forums and workshops ·
facilitator training to educate and engage community
leaders and volunteers ·
trained facilitators to work with individuals and
families making decisions
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Passing
on Thoughtfully
Project Compassion’s workbook featured in the NY Times Contact:
180 Providence Road, Suite 1-C
Chapel Hill NC 27514
NC
Secretary of State Advance Health Care Directive Registry:
www.sosnc.com This
secure state-sponsored registry allows you to download NC documents for free.
You may also register your Advance Directives online to access anywhere
that the internet is available. Your
documents are protected by a pass code. There
is a fee of $10 per document for the registry. Caring
Connections: www.caringinfo.org This
initiative of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization maintains
Advance Directive forms and instructions for every state free of charge as well
as other information. Project
Grace: www.projectgrace.org This
Florida organization offers information on Advance Directives with a particular
specialty in CPR. The Advance
Directive document is instructive but not to be used in place of the NC forms.
The
Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care:
www.carolinasendoflifecare.org The
Carolinas Center offers an Advance Care Planning guide called “Isn’t It Time
We Talk?” This guide is available
directly through the Center or through Project Compassion. Five
Wishes:
www.agingwithdignity.org This national organization offers the “Five Wishes” Advance Care Planning document. This document uses clear and understandable language to help explore end-of-life options and document wishes. The Five Wishes can function as a legal advance directive in NC and most US states. Check the list inside the cover of the document for a complete list of states. Palliative
and End of Life Pearls by Dr. Ira Byock, MD
- a new book on palliative and end of life care presents 75 case presentations
of clinical interest related to end of life and palliative care for both
hospitalized patients and patients receiving home care. The patient vignettes
highlight considerations of pain and symptom management at the end of life,
ethical issues related to life-supportive care and approaches to assisting
patients and families with the difficulties that surround death and dying. To
learn more about this book, how to order it and about the author, go to: <http://www.dyingwell.org/pearls.htm> ABA's
Review Of End Of Life Legislation In the US
- The American Bar Association Commission on Legal Problems for the Elderly
released its annual report examining end of life care legislation enacted on the
state level during the 2001 calendar year. The report gives a
detailed description of newly enacted laws covering the areas of surrogate
decision-making, do-not-resuscitate orders and palliative care. Helpful
Books on Grief and Loss After Goodbye by Ted Menton Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff My Son, My Son by Iris Bolton Tracks of a Fellow Struggler by John Claypool Publications LARGO: Life After Repeated Grief
Tributes
We Need Not Walk Alone
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