Article Virtual Advance Care Planning Conversations from Honoring Choices Virginia Find out about Honoring Choices Virginia's Virtual Advance Care Planning Conversations. Source Honoring Choices® Virginia
Books & Guides Caregiver's Guide to Hospice The Caregiver's Guide to Hospice explains what makes hospice care unique. It also clarifies misconceptions about hospice that can confuse a family when making important decisions about care options. Source Open Caregiving
Links Open Caregiving: Caregiver End of Life Resources Source Open Caregiving: Caregiver End of Life Resources
Links CaringInfo (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization) Source CaringInfo (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)
Books & Guides Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You Have a Serious Illness Palliative Care: The Relief You Need When You Have a Serious Illness discusses how you can improve your quality of life when you are seriously ill. Source National Institutes of Health
Article Advance Directives and Long-Term Care Advance directives explain how you want medical decisions to be made when you're too ill to speak for yourself. Source Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Links The Conversation Project The Conversation Project is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. Source The Conversation Project
Links National POLST: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment The National POLST Paradigm is an approach to end-of-life planning based on conversations between patients, loved ones, and health care professionals Source National POLST: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
Links ConnectVirginia: Virginia Advance Health Care Directives Registry Source ConnectVirginia: Virginia Advance Health Care Directives Registry
Article Understanding Palliative/Supportive Care: What Every Caregiver Should Know What is palliative care and how does it differ from hospice care? Find out more information about what caregivers should know about palliative care. Source Family Caregiver Alliance