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INTRODUCTION TO HOSPICE
What's Important To Know About Hospice
If you are new to the world of hospice and end of life care you have many questions. Put simply, hospice is the spiritual, emotional and physical care of a human being at the end of their life. That being said, there is so much to learn in order to make the best possible decisions and choices about your own or a loved one’s care during the final stages of life.
There is also another area of care, called Palliative Care, which is not limited to end of life care or hospice. It is an interdisciplinary medical care approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex illnesses.
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has created a comprehensive guide to help answer these questions for patients and family caregivers on their Caring Info site
Some of the areas covered are:
- Types of Care Explained: Curative Care, Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Comfort Care, Bereavement Care, Differences between Palliative and Hospice Care
- Financial Matters (Who pays for Hospice and Palliative Care)
- Talking About Serious Illness and Care (Conversations with your family and doctor)
- Your Rights (Understanding your rights and care choices)
- COVID-19 Information for those dealing with serious illness and caregiving
Compassion and Choices improves care, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end of life journey.
Truth in Treatment is a new initiative founded by Compassion & Choices to give people with life threatening illnesses the support, opportunity and courage to live life to the fullest even as illnesses advance.
End of Life Choices Oregon helps individuals and their loved ones navigate the Medical Aid in Dying Law.
ADVANCE PLANNING
Oregon Health Authority
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project
Advance Directive Forms/About the Public Health Division/State of Oregon.
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project
Helping people share their wishes for care through end of life.
Death Wise
The Conversation Project
Five Wishes
Death Wise is committed to helping people talk about, make decisions and plan for the end of their lives.
Five Wishes
The Conversation Project
Five Wishes
Five Wishes is a United States advance directive created by the non-profit organization Aging with Dignity. It has been described as the living will with a heart and soul.
OREGON FUNERAL RESOURCES AND EDUCATION
Whether you’re anticipating a death through illness or age, or wanting to be prepared with the facts knowing death can come at any time, Oregon Funeral Resources & Education provides free, non-commercial information about Oregonians' legal rights and available resources when death occurs. A heartfelt thank you to Holly Pruett, a Life-Cycle Celebrant for co-developing this site of helpful Oregon-specific resources.
BOOKS
PODCASTS
Death and What Really Matters with Shoshana Ungerleider
How to Live So We Can Die Peacefully with Death Doula Alua Arthur
How to Live So We Can Die Peacefully with Death Doula Alua Arthur
Internal medicine physician and founder of the End Well Project Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider talks about the taboo of death and dying among medical professionals and the importance of taking time to ask what really matters to you and your loved ones, while you still can. Via The Lion's Roar podcast.
How to Live So We Can Die Peacefully with Death Doula Alua Arthur
How to Live So We Can Die Peacefully with Death Doula Alua Arthur
How to Live So We Can Die Peacefully with Death Doula Alua Arthur
1. What Alua has learned about living well from the many people she’s helped walk home as a death doula.
2. The “deathbed test” that guides her toward what is important and helps her stay present.
3. Alua eases Abby’s immense fear of death by sharing her glitter-wave vision.
4. The most surprising thing she wants us to know about death.
5. Concrete steps we can take now to help prepare ourselves–and our loved ones–for the inevitable.
Via the We Can Do Hard Things podcast with Glennon Doyle.