Provides information on advance directives and other end-of-life issues. Also offers free downloadable medical power of attorney documents and state-specific living wills.
Provides information on caregivers' resources, coping with loss, estate planning and wills, Funerals - A Consumer Guide, hospice care and locator, living wills and advance directives.
Use this Association for Death Education and Counseling directory to find a thanatologist by geographic area, practice setting or practitioner type. A thanatologist is a professional with specialized education and/or certification in dying, death and bereavement whose professional responsibilities include working with the dying and/or bereaved.
Portal to resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care, including grief, bereavement, hospice and end-of-life issues. Hosts the Inter-Institutional Collaborating Network On End-of-life Care (IICN) which offers free access to educational materials from a variety of health care organizations.
Provides information on TRICARE's coverage of hospice care for terminally ill patients who have prognoses of less than six months to live if the illness runs its normal course.
Provides information from the Hospice Foundation of America on understanding hospice care and the steps necessary to access it.
Hospice care involves a patient-centered, team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management and emotional and spiritual support. At the center of hospice care is the belief that everyone has the right to die pain-free and with dignity. The emotional and spiritual components of hospice care can be especially meaningful to veterans who often face issues near the end of life relating to their military experiences.
Provides links to state hospice care including information on choosing a hospice, who is eligible for hospice care, paying for hospice care and more.
Resource page on hospice from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health provides comprehensive information ranging from nutrition to financial issues, directories, organizations and more. Also available in Spanish.
Designed to help community hospices identify their veteran patients, evaluate the impact of the experience and determine if there are benefits to which the veteran and surviving dependents may be entitled. The Military History Checklist Guide provides a quick overview of the questions and implications for each.
Non-profit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. Provides a list of End-of-Life Care Resources.
Article describes how and when seriously ill veterans can take advantage of hospice care, including those available through VA programs.
Provides information on improving access to end-of-life care for veterans.
Article on deciding when it is time to access hospice care. Timely admission to hospice gives the patient much needed support.
