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End of Life and Grieving

Download the Advance Directives form for your State The CaringInfo website provides free advance directives and instructions for each state that can be opened as a PDF (Portable Document Format) file.
Mourning A Parent or Spouse's Death When a close loved one dies, your world changes. You are in mourning—feeling grief and sorrow at the loss.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organiztion - CaringInfo CaringInfo, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, provides free resources to help people make decisions about end-of-life care and services before a crisis.
NHPCO - Advance Care Planning NHPCO - Advance Directives and Healthcare agents
NHPCO - End of Life Caregiving Caregivers provide support to someone who needs help. It doesn't matter how many hours per week are spent providing support. Caring for a family member or friend is not easy, nor is it something most of us are prepared to do. Learning about being a caregiver may help you provide the care your friend or loved one needs.
NHPCO - Grief and Loss Grief may be experienced in response to physical losses, such as death, or in response to symbolic or social losses such as divorce or loss of a job. The grief experience can be affected by one’s history and support system. Taking care of yourself and accessing the support of friends and family can help you cope with your grief experience.
NHPCO - Hospice Care, Described Living with a serious illness can impact every part of your life, but hospice and palliative care can help. In this area you will learn how to manage your symptoms and pain and find information about how hospice or palliative care may be right for you or your loved one.
NHPCO - Palliative Care, Described Sometimes referred to as “comfort care,” palliative care is a specialized approach to the treatment of patients with a serious or life-threatening illness. The goal of palliative care is to provide relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of serious illness. It is also designed to improve the quality of life of both the patient and the patient’s family.
When You Can’t Afford a Funeral It’s not unusual to avoid thinking about your death or a loved one’s death. The unintended result, however, is that you may not adequately plan for payment of your funeral, burial, or cremation.