Aging with Dignity
Mission is to help you and your family plan and receive the care you deserve.

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
An organization of physicians and other medical professionals dedicated to excellence in and advancement of palliative medicine through prevention and relief of patient and family suffering by providing education and clinical practice standards, fostering research, facilitating personal and professional development, and by public policy advocacy.

Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD)
Aims to improve end-of-life care by learning which social and political changes will lead to enduring, efficient, and effective programs. We work with the public, clinicians, policymakers, and other end-of-life organizations to make change happen.

American Hospice Foundation
Mission is to improve access to quality hospice care through public education, professional training, and consumer advocacy.

Caring Connections 
A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
Valuable information for patients and families coping with serious, complex illness including a palliative care provider directory, a definition and detailed description of what palliative care is, direct links to palliative care-related organizations and more.

Compassion and Support at End of Life
Ensures that care provided to a person who is approaching death, in pain, or temporarily unable to speak for themselves, meets the person’s individual wishes and is of the highest quality regardless of where the person is receiving this care or who is providing it.

Hospice Foundation of America
Provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care with the goal of enhancing the American health care system and the role of hospice within it.

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
The nation's largest and oldest professional nursing organization dedicated to promoting excellence in pain management and end-of-life care

National Hospice Foundation
Committed to leading global, philanthropic efforts advancing quality, compassionate, end-of-life care for all. We strive to empower people around the world to make end-of-life choices that are right for them and their families.

The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
The largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. The organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

Do your Proxy
The first website to offer a free online tool that allows you to quickly and easily create, print, and save the forms (living wills and advanced directives) required when completing one of the following documents.

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