End of Life Planning Resources

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Websites

NEDA – National End-of-Life Doula Alliance - Information about doulas, scope of practice, directories.  www.nedalliance.org

Green Burial Council – Information on burials with minimal environmental impact.   www.greenburialcouncil.org

Oregon Funeral Resources & Education – Information about a family’s legal rights after a death occurs and home funerals in Oregon.  www.oregonfuneral.org

Get Your Sh*t Together - How to prepare for life’s “what ifs”.  Hoping for the best is not a plan.  https://getyourshittogether.org/ 

The Conversation Project – Helping people share their wishes for care through end of life.  www.theconversationproject.org

CaringInfo.com – Information about palliative and hospice care and end of life planning. https://www.caringinfo.org/

Recompose – Ecological death care, natural organic reduction. www.recompose.life

Dementia Directive – A simple way to document the medical care you would want if you had dementia.  www.dementia-directive.org

VSED Resources Northwest – Increasing awareness of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking.  www.vsedresources.com

The National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization - Information on hospice and palliative care.  https://www.nhpco.org/ 

NOLO - Information about “the paperwork”. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/wills-trusts-estates

Compassion and Choices – Information on end of life choices.  www.compassionandchoices.org

Refuge in Grief – It’s OK to not be OK.  www.refugeingrief.com

Books

The Art of Dying: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life - Katy Butler

Making Peace with Death and Dying – Judith Johnson

Being Mortal – Atul Gawande

It’s OK That You’re Not OK – Megan Divine

Die Wise – Stephen Jenkinson

Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving & Dying – Ram Dass & Mirabai Bush