Hospice Care Resources

Our mission at Hospice of Lancaster County is to comfort and support those coping with serious illness and their families. One way that we can do this is to ensure that patients and caregivers have access to the information they need to make comfortable and informed decisions about end-of-life care.

This sections provides various resources and useful resources pertaining to end of life, as well as grief and loss. Each link will take you to a Web site not administered by Hospice of Lancaster County, and thus not all of the content listed can be described as endorsed by our organization. If you have questions at any time, please feel free to email us by clicking here, or call 717-295-3900.

Aging With Dignity

Provides you with practical information, advice and legal tools you need to ensure that your wishes and those of your loved ones will be respected. Includes information for Five Wishes, a tool to create a living will which helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself.
WEBSITE: www.agingwithdignity.org

ALS Association

Offers resources on diagnosis, treatment and research regarding ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Thirty nine chapters across the country provide help and hope to those facing ALS.
WEBSITE: www.alsa.org

The Alzheimer's Association

This association, a world leader in Alzheimer research and support, and its website is dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and an eventual cure for Alzheimer’s. The website offers an online tool to find care in your community, and an online community of people from whom you can gain support and information.
WEBSITE: www.alz.org

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

The goal of palliative care is to prevent and relieve suffering and to support the best possible quality of life for patients facing life-threatening or debilitating illness and their families. This website offers education, a bookstore, and other resources on palliative medicine, as well as a list of regional speakers available to discuss palliative medicine and related topics.
WEBSITE: www.aahpm.org

Association for Death Education & Counseling

From an organization dedicated to promoting excellence and recognizing diversity in death education, care of the dying, grief counseling and research in thanatology, this website provides information, support and resources to its international, multicultural, multidisciplinary membership and through it, to the public.
WEBSITE: www.adec.org

Brownson's Death, Dying, and Caregiver Resources

This page from the Brownson website of resources for nurses provides links to other helpful websites, as well as valuable resources for caregivers. Information is available about living wills, pain management, hospice care, financial and legal information, as well as making funeral arrangements.
WEBSITE: members.tripod.com/~DianneBrownson/passages.html

Caring Connections

Provides free resources and information to help people make decisions about end-of-life care and services; helps people connect with the resources they need, when they need them; and brings together community, state and national partners working to improve end-of-life care. This website is an initiative of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
WEBSITE: www.caringinfo.org

Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research

From Brown University, access the most current research on health care for the elderly including nursing home care, end of life care, cancer control and community care, with studies from doctors and other experts in the field.
WEBSITE: www.chcr.brown.edu

Center to Advance Palliative Care

This website provides clear, comprehensive palliative care information to patients and families coping with serious, complex illness. It is a palliative care resource created for consumers that also includes sections for medical practitioners and policymakers.
WEBSITE: www.getpalliativecare.org

Growth House

Provides a portal or international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care. Their primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration; a large search engine gives you access to the internet's most comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care.
WEBSITE: www.growthhouse.org

Hospice Foundation of America

This organization’s goal is to help those who cope personally or professional with terminal illness, death and grief. The website offers a caregiver’s corner with resources, a bookstore and related links; also available are publications, videos and information about professional educational opportunities.
WEBSITE: www.hospicefoundation.org

The Hospice Net

Offers answers to frequently asked questions about hospice, and can help you decide if and when hospice care may be appropriate. As well, you can find questions to ask about hospice care when deciding on a program, and can understand better what to expect in the hospice team from the program you choose.
WEBSITE: www.hospicenet.org/

Last Acts: Care and Caring at the End of Life

This website contains archived articles and information from a national program - Last Acts, which created a wealth of useful Web content regarding end of life for health care consumers, health-care practitioners, policy-makers and employers.
WEBSITE: www.lastacts.org

Moyer's On Our Own Terms

From a series on public television, this website offers valuable resources about advance directives, end of live care, and many other topics related to death and dying. Includes candid information on the dying process through personal interviews, and various cultural traditions regarding death.
WEBSITE: www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms/map.html

National Family Caregivers Association

Contains information and resources to educate, support and empower people who are caregivers for loved ones with chronic illness, disabilities or the frailties of old age. Connect with other caregivers through message boards, blogs and an event calendar.
WEBSITE: www.nfcacares.org

National Health Council

Access to the most current news releases on a national level regarding health, with a focus to improve the health of all people, especially those with a chronic disease or disability. Information on conferences and other initiatives about such issues as family care giving or how to find integrated patient-centered care.
WEBSITE: www.nhcouncil.org

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Committed to advancing care at end of life, this website can assist you in finding a hospice provider in your area, learn about end-of-life care, make decisions about advance directives or living wills, and have access to the most current news on hospice or palliative care. Information is also available in Spanish.
WEBSITE: www.nhpco.org

Pennsylvania Hospice Network

A state organization of hospice providers and related professionals, this website provides a list of members, information about conferences and related events, as well as basic information about access to hospice care.
WEBSITE: www.pahospice.org

University of Wisconsin Pain Studies Group

Provides current information on an international level regarding ways to help people who suffer from pain – chronic, traumatic, disease-related, surgery. Help in understanding the role of opioid analgesics, prescription monitoring programs, and worldwide differences in pain management.
WEBSITE: www.painpolicy.wisc.edu
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