Links of Interest
Hospice Links
Compassion & Choices of Oregon - Provides support to the terminally ill Oregonians and their families and caregivers so they may experience a meaningful and peaceful end of life, and provides information to those who wish to consider Oregon's aid-in-dying law.
Communicating Your End-of-Life Wishes - Developed by the National Hospice Foundation, Communicating Your End-of-Life Wishes is available for free online. It's a simple, ten-page brochure that every elderly person should read. This brochure is also available by calling NHPCO's Help line at (800) 658-8898 or by emailing info@nhpco.org.
Respecting Choices - Advance Care Planning - Gunderson Lutheran provides free online resources for advance care planning programs.
Five Wishes - Aging with Dignity's Five Wishes can be viewed online in the Adobe Acrobat version for free, or the printed version ordered for a $5 fee. It helps you to let your family know your wishes for decisions made when you are unable to communicate your wishes yourself.
Hospice Net - Information for patients and families facing terminal illnesses.
Home Care Online - National Association for Home Care (NAHC) is committed to representing the interests of the home care and hospice community.
Hospice Foundation of America - A nonprofit organization that promotes hospice care and works to educate professionals and the families they serve in issues relating to care-giving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement.
American Hospice Foundation - Offers helpful articles, publications, workshops and additional links of interest.
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - The largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States.
Oregon Hospice Association - Information about Oregon hospice care.
Association for Death Education and Counseling - Offers education on death, bereavement counseling, and care of the dying.
Hospice Web - General hospice links and hundreds of hospice provider links indexed by state.
On Our Own Terms - Bill Moyers examines death and dying issues.
Childrens Hospice International - This organization recognizes the right and need for children and their families to choose health care and support whether in their own home, hospital, or hospice care facility.
DyingWell.org - This web site provides written resources and information from Dr. Ira Byock, long time palliative care physician and advocate for improved end-of-life care.
Dream Foundation - The Dream Foundation is the first national organization granting dreams to terminally ill adults.
Aging Links
American Association of Retired Persons - AARP Offers resources and help for those over 50.
The American Geriatric Society - An organization of health care providers dedicated to improving the health and well being of all older adults.
Alzheimer Association - Covers basic information about the Alzheimer's Association: for persons with Alzheimer's disease or for caregivers, health care professionals and researchers.
Cancer Links
American Cancer Society - The Society provides information on all aspects of cancer through a toll-free information line, web site, and published materials.
Kidney Cancer Association - An organization of patients, families, doctors and health care professionals involved with kidney cancer.
The National Childrens Cancer Society - An organization that helps children with cancer through our nationwide programs and services.
American Lung Cancer - Offers information on lung disease in all its forms.
Susan G. Komen - For the Cure - Offers information, resources and additional links on breast cancer.
Cancer Net - Current information from the National Cancer Institute.
Care-giving Links
Family Caregiver Alliance - Addresses the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home.
ElderWeb - Contains over 6,000 reviewed links to long term care information, as well as an expanded library of articles and reports, news, and events.
Growth House, Inc. - Provides information and referral services for agencies working with death and dying issues.
Bill Moyers - Information based on Bill Moyers's two year research on death and dying.
National Family Caregivers Association - A grass roots organization created to educate, support, empower and speak up for the millions of Americans who care for chronically ill, aged or disabled loved ones.
