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Helpful Resources for Hospice Care

Here are links to online resources to learn more about hospice care and support services. 

• kudoboard
  Collaborate to create a unique, online memorial. Add memories, photos, or videos; invite others to contribute; visit online anytime or print it out.
• Aging with Dignity
  Provides Five Wishes, an advance directive planning document.
• AARP Foundation
  Offers information on and support for caregiving, illness, grief, widowhood, funerals, wills, estate planning and advance directives.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Guidelines on advance directives. 
• Medicare
  Offers the Nursing Home Compare database.
• Americans for Better Care of the Dying
  Track changes in public policy.
• The American Hospice Foundation
  Downloadable articles on a variety of hospice topics that patients and families may find helpful.
• Caring Connections
  End-of-life educational materials.
• End of Life Conversations
  Article by a physician on what it takes to have successful end of life conversations.