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The Twilight Brigade -
Compassion In
Action. This is the link to our national organization
http://www.twilightbrigade.org/
Visit our Portland, Oregon chapter at www.ciaportland.org
Dannion
Brinkley: The international best selling author of Saved By
The Light and At Peace In The Light.
http://www.lightstreamers.com/Dannion_About.htm
Best selling
author, David Kessler, wrote The Needs of the Dying,
a guide for bringing hope, comfort, and love to life's final
chapter.
http://www.davidkessler.org/
Dying Well,
Defining Wellness through the End of Life. Resources for
people facing life-limiting illness, their families, and their
professional caregivers. Dr. Ira Byock is a long time palliative
care physician and advocate for improved end-of-life care, and a
past president of the
American
Academy
of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
http://www.dyingwell.com/
The American
Hospice Foundation aids programs that serve the needs of
terminally ill and grieving individuals of all ages.
http://www.americanhospice.org
The National
Hospice Foundation was created in 1992 to broaden America's
understanding of hospice through research and education. Its
mission is to expand America's vision for end of life care.
http://www.nhpco.org
On Our Own
Terms: Bill Moyers series On Dying. This site includes
information and a discussion group based on his award winning TV
documentary.
http://www.thirteen.org/onourownterms/
This is a link
on the Bill Moyer’s Web site to some excellent links for Therapy and Support Web sites.
http://www.thirteen.org/onourownterms/resources/thersupp_sites.html
Hospice
Cares. This is a good Web site for hospice care workers or
those interested in volunteering in hospice; contains a discussion
board, articles, and additional resources.
http://www.hospice-cares.com/
Promoting
Excellence in End of Life Care. Innovative models and
approaches for End-of-Life Care.
http://www.promotingexcellence.org/
The
Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help
support organization that offers friendship and understanding to
bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no
religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
Comfort
Baskets give comfort and provide healing "coaching tools" to
encourage those experiencing a loss to take time for themselves -
to make the journey through grief a little easier.
http://www.comfortbaskets.com/
Americans
for Better Care of the Dying. ABCD Caring is dedicated to
ensuring that all Americans can count on good end of life care.
http://www.abcd-caring.org/
National
Family Caregivers Association. NFCA is a grass roots
organization created to educate, support, empower and speak up for
the millions of Americans who care for chronically ill, aged or
disabled loved ones.
http://www.nfcacares.org/
Journey of
the Hearts – An Online Healing Place for Anyone Grieving a Loss.
A Web site designed to be a place for resources and support to help
those in the grief process.
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh
Partnership for
Caring:
America’s
Voices for the Dying is a national, nonprofit organization
devoted to raising consumer expectations for excellent end-of-life
care and increasing demand for such care. It is the only
end-of-life organization that partners individuals and
organizations - consumers and professionals - in a powerful
collaboration of voices.
http://www.partnershipforcaring.org/AboutUs/index.html
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