Writing An Advance Directive: Other Places To Get Help
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Other Places To Get Help
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| Aging With Dignity | |
| P.O. Box 1661 | |
| Tallahassee, FL 32302-1661 | |
| Phone: | 1-888-5-WISHES (1-888-594-7437) |
| E-mail: | fivewishes@agingwithdignity.org |
| Web Address: | www.agingwithdignity.org |
Aging With Dignity is a private, non-profit organization best known for its Five Wishes advance directive, which helps individuals and families better plan for and receive the kind of care they want during times of serious illness. Five Wishes is a document that helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and not able to speak for yourself. All of a person's needs are addressed: medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual. | |
| 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. | |
| 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: | 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. | |
| Last updated: | December 27, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jeannette Curtis |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Shelly R. Garone, MD - Palliative Care |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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