Other online resources

Advance directives

• Five Wishes
• Planning Ahead

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

• Medicare Rights Center

News & advocacy

• AARP
• American Hospital Association News Now
• Americans for Better Care of the Dying
• NHPCO Legislative Action Center

Pediatric & adolescent issues

• Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
• Beyond Indigo
• Hospice Net
• Partnership for Parents

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