Other online resources
Advance directives
Aging
- AARP In Your State
- Aging with Dignity
- Medicare
- National Center on Elder Abuse
- National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information
- National Institute on Aging
- NIHSeniorHealth
- Retirement Community (directory)
- U.S. Administration on Aging
Community organizations
- Cancer Wellness Center
- Council for Jewish Elderly
- Gilda's Club Chicago
- HomeCare Assistants
- Jennifer S. Fallick Cancer Support Center
- Jewish Healing Network of Chicago
- Jewish Child & Family Services
- Levy Senior Center
- Mather Lifeways
- North Shore Senior Center
- Village Treasure House
For professionals
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
- Center for Practical Bioethics
- Education on Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)
- End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
- End-of-Life/Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC)
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Hospice Education Institute
- Illinois Home Care Council
- Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- Healthcare Intelligence Network
- Innovations in End-of-Life Care
- Institute for Education and Research in Pain and Palliative Care (New York)
- MyHomeHealth.Com: Your Virtual Home Care Community
- National Association for HomeCare and Hospice
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals: Discussion Groups (membership required)
- Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies
Grief & loss
- Association for Death Education and Counseling
- Beyond Indigo
- Caring Connections
- Center for Loss & Life Transition
- Compassion Books
- Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
- Grief Recovery
- Sesame Workshop: When Families Grieve
- Webhealing.com
Home care & caregiving
- 1800HomeCare.Com
- Caregiver.Com: Today's Caregiver Magazine
- Caregiving Help
- Caring Connections
- Eldercare Locator: A Public Service of the U.S. Administration on Aging
- ElderCare Online
- Family Caregiver Alliance
- National Family Caregiver Support Program
- National Family Caregivers Association
- National Partnership for Women and Families (Family and Medical Leave Act information for family caregivers)
- Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving
Hospice & palliative care
Articles
- "Adding Life to Years," Chicago Tribune, 12/14/2011
- "The Promise and Pitfalls of Palliative Care," Los Angeles Times, 10/24/2011
Websites
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
- Dying Well: Defining Wellness Through the End of Life
- End of Life & Palliative Care
- Growth House: Improving Care for the Dying
- Hospice Education Institute
- Hospice Foundation of America
- Hospice Information Center
- Hospice Net
- Illinois Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
- Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
- Supportive Care of the Dying
Medicare hospice benefit
News & advocacy
- AARP
- American Hospital Association News Now
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- NHPCO Legislative Action Center
Pediatric & adolescent issues
Special topics & general health
- About.com
- AIDS Info
- Alzheimer's Association
- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
- American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- CancerCare, Inc.
- The Center for Ethics and Advocacy in Healthcare
- Ethical Wills
- Hospital and Nursing Home Profiles
- Living Will Registry
- Mesothelioma
- National Cancer Institute
- The Never-Ending Squirrel Tale (cancer support for children)
- Organ Donor Registry (Illinois)
- Shared Experience Cancer Support
- WebMD
