Partnership For Peaceful Transitions
Conversations For Living:
A Guide of Resources To Help You Plan For Life's Decisions And Changes.
Whether you are 18 or 80, you can never be sure what tomorrow will bring. While death is a difficult topic, there are conversations and actions that may greatly affect the life you live and the decisions that others may make regarding you or your estate. It is important that you talk with your family, doctor, religious advisor and other trusted individuals about your thoughts on end of life medical care. Just as important is where you keep important documents, assets and other personal property. No one wants to be a burden. No matter what age you are, planning for the future can help assure that loved ones have the information and tools they need whenever the time comes.
Partnership For Peaceful Transitions
A community coalition to encourage end-of-life conversations and serve as an educational resource.
Caring Conversations
(800) 344-3829
www.midbio.org
Midwest Bioethics Center. A workbook to let those you love know your wishes for end of life care.
Isn’t It Time We Talk?
(800) 662-8859
www.carolinasendoflifecare.org
The Carolinas Center for Hospice and end-of-life Care.
Five Wishes
(888) 5-WISHES
Call to purchase copies. The booklet gives you a way to control something very important- how you are treated if you get seriously ill. It is an easy-to-complete form that lets you say exactly what you want.
Aging with Dignity
www.agingwithdignity.org
The non-profit Aging With Dignity was established to provide you with the practical information, advice and legal tools you need to ensure your wishes and those of your loved ones will be respected. By helping you improve your own quality of care, we can bring about dramatic change, one person at a time.
Conversations Before the Crisis
(800) 989-9455
Published by Last Acts Partnership. $4.00/copy. Includes Conversation “triggers” designed to help families’ initiate and complete discussions about end-of-life- wishes before an emergency forces the issue.
Novartis web based Virtual House
Novartis Intl AG
CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
www.novartis.com
Search Virtual House. Click on A Personalized online service for patient and family. You can then click on one of five disease categories, click on concerns, click on rooms of house, click on specific area and it will give you suggestions for improving the safety, comfort and quality of life for the patient as well as the caregiver.
The Four Things That Matter Most - A Book About Living
www.thefourthings.org
Ira Byock, M.D. Readers Guide available online.
Talking About Death Won’t Kill You
Virginia Morris. With personal stories and practical advice, scientific fact and emotional sensitivity, this book shows how every reader, at any age, can and should prepare for a good death.
Hospice Of The Florida Suncoast
(727) 586-4432
www.thehospice.org
Click on Hospice Institute: Caregiver Resources, Patient and Family Education resources. Excellent specific information by topic available free.
Compassionate Care Program
(860) 273-0123
www.aetna.com
Click on the prompt for the program announcement found towards the bottom of the home page. Excellent resource providing many choices to guide you through decisions as well as to provide practical information to assist you in making decision.
A Personal Guide For Your Family and Loved Ones
(800) 334-3851
Booklet Prepared by National Prearranged Services. Has space to list information important to family members when planning a funeral.
Completing A Life
(817) 353-9229
www.completingalife.msu.edu
Viewer can order a CD–ROM at this site. Interactive CD invites patients and families to learn about the many practical, emotional, spiritual and medical issues that arise in the course of advanced illness. The CD-Rom includes video interviews recorded with individuals as they faced the end of life.
Americans For Better Care of the Dying
(202) 895-2660
www.abcd-caring.org
4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016. Every dying person needs to be able to count on excellent care. Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD) aims to improve end-of-life care by learning which social and political changes will lead to enduring, efficient, and effective programs. Handbook on line, Handbook For Mortals, a practical guidance on end of life care is an excellent resource.
Be a Tissue Donor
(888) 484-7783
www.redcross.org/tissue
Informational brochure printed by the American Red Cross.
The Caregiver’s Home Companion
(800) 308-3136
www.caregivershome.com
Free weekly newsletter. Caregivers hotline and many other services.
The Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org
690 Market St. Ste. 600, San Francisco, CA 94104, 1-800-445-8106. Excellent resource for information on caregiving Handbook For Long-Distance Caregiver is an excellent resource available on line. 26 pages of useful information.
Dignity Resources
www.dignityresources.com
P.O. Box 1437, Los Altos, CA 94023, 1-877-563-2100. A non-profit organization created to help people understand financial options available to them during a serious illness and assist in making the most informed choices possible.
DeKalb County Community Service Directory
(815) 758-3910
Compiled by DeKalb County Community Service Department. Excellent guide.
To learn more about the Partnership for Peaceful Transitions Community Coalition, please call DeKalb County Hospice, (815) 756-3000.
Hard copies of many of the resources listed in this brochure may be viewed in the library at DeKalb County Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Rd. DeKalb, IL, 60115. Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Program presentations on the importance of end of life care conversations and planning can be arranged by calling DeKalb County Hospice, (815) 756-3000.
Produced in part with a grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation.
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