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2011 End-of-Life Forum Presentations

  How to Start the Conversation: A Physician's Perspective 23.3 Kb
  When Does Chronic Disease Become End Stage Disease? 109 Kb

Advance Directive Forms

  Power of attorney for healthcare 45.51 Kb
  Addendum to the power of attorney for healthcare 33.73 Kb

Hospice Medicare/Medicaid Benefit Manual

  The Hospice Medicare/Medicaid Benefit 288.90 Kb

Informational Booklets

  A Choice for Compassionate Care - Spanish translation 334.24 Kb
  Food and Nutrition at the End of Life - Hmong Translation 130.28 Kb
  Food and Nutrition at the End of Life - Spanish Translation 101.05 Kb
  When Death is Approaching (Includes Food and Nutrition at the End of Life) 834.25 Kb
  When Death is Approaching - Hmong Translation 190.94 Kb
  When Death is Approaching - Spanish Translation 258.67 Kb

General Links

Grief Support Links

  • The Dougy Center - Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences
  • Hospice Net - Resources for patients and families facing life-threatening illness
  • Hello Grief - A place to share and learn about grief and loss
  • Grief Net - An Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss
  • Open to Hope - An online website where people can share inspirational stories of loss and love. We encourage our visitors to read, listen and share their stories of hope and compassion.
  • The Compassionate Friends - Assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive

Grief Support Resources

  Strategies for Coping with the Holidays 14.5 Kb
  Books for the Grieving – Preschool through High School 142 Kb
  How to Talk to Children about Death 110 Kb
  Maintaining Appropriate Expectations in Grief 115 Kb
  Reacting to Loss 107 Kb
  What to Say and Not Say to Grieving People 110 Kb

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