Care At The End Of Life: Other Places To Get Help

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Other Places To Get Help

Online Resources

Dying Well

Web Address:	http://www.dyingwell.org/

The Dying Well Web site has resources for people facing life-limiting illness, their families, and their professional caregivers.

Weill Cornell Medical College Division of Medical Ethics
Web Address:	http://www.med.cornell.edu/public.health/ethics/

The Division of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medical College focuses on bioethical health issues such as cloning, physician-assisted suicide, managed care, and genetic engineering. A consumer workbook and video discusses end-of-life decisions, including how to assign a medical proxy, or health care agent. Help is available for patients, families, and medical professionals working through difficult ethical decisions that arise in health care.

Organizations

Caring Connections
1700 Diagonal Road
Suite 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone:	1-800-658-8898 (703) 837-1500
Fax:	(703) 837-1233
E-mail:	caringinfo@nhpco.org
Web Address:	www.caringinfo.org

Caring Connections, a program of the U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), seeks to improve care at the end of life. Caring Connections provides free resources, including educational brochures, advance directives and hospice information, and a toll-free help line for people looking for quality end-of-life information.

Compassionate Friends National Headquarters
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
Phone:	1-877-969-0010 toll-free (630) 990-0010
Fax:	(630) 990-0246
E-mail:	nationaloffice@compassionatefriends.org
Web Address:	http://www.compassionatefriends.org/

Compassionate Friends is an organization that helps family members through the grieving process when they have lost a child.

Growth House, Inc.
Phone:	(415) 863-3045
E-mail:	info@growthhouse.org
Web Address:	http://www.growthhouse.org/

The Growth House Web site provides resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care.

Medicare (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone:	1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) toll-free for the Medicare speech-automated system 1-877-267-2323 toll-free for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
TDD:	(866) 226-1819
Web Address:	http://www.medicare.gov/

This federal agency provides guides and other information on Medicare. The Official U.S. Government Site for People With Medicare (http://www.medicare.gov/) provides useful information about Medicare enrollment, coverage, billing, appeals, and drug discount cards, as well as the latest Medicare policy changes impacting older Americans. Information on the Medicare Hospice Benefit and how to choose a nursing home is also included.

National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)
13625 Bishop's Drive
Brookfield, WI 53005-6607
Phone:	1-800-228-6332 (262) 789-1880
Fax:	(262) 789-6977
E-mail:	nfda@nfda.org
Web Address:	http://www.nfda.org/

The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) provides information on funeral services.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1700 Diagonal Road
Suite 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone:	1-800-658-8898 (703) 837-1500
Fax:	(703) 837-1233
E-mail:	nhpco_info@nhpco.org
Web Address:	http://www.nhpco.org

The U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) offers information on local hospice and palliative care programs across America. NHPCO is committed to improving end-of-life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of improving quality of life for dying people and their loved ones.

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Last updated:	July 31, 2006
Author:	Sabra L. Katz-Wise
Reviewed By:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine, Ira Byock, MD - Palliative Care
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman

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