Choosing a Health Care Agent

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resource

A Guide to Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Conditions
American Health Lawyers Association
Web Address:	www.healthlawyers.org
A Guide to Legal Issues in Life-Limiting Conditions covers the legal and practical issues of caring for someone with a life-limiting condition. The Guide helps in the planning process for people who are able to live at home; people in independent retirement communities, assisted living, or long term care; and people who use hospice services.

Organizations

Aging With Dignity
P.O. Box 1661
Tallahassee, FL  32302-1661
Phone:	1-888-5-WISHES (1-888-594-7437)
E-mail:	fivewishes@agingwithdignity.org
Web Address:	www.agingwithdignity.org
Aging With Dignity is a private, non-profit organization best known for its Five Wishes advance directive, which helps individuals and families better plan for and receive the kind of care they want during times of serious illness. Five Wishes is a document that helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and not able to speak for yourself. All of a person's needs are addressed: medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual.
Caring Connections
1700 Diagonal Road
Suite 625
Alexandria, VA  22314
Phone:	1-800-658-8898 (703) 837-1500
Fax:	(703) 837-1233
E-mail:	caringinfo@nhpco.org
Web Address:	www.caringinfo.org
Caring Connections, a program of the U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), seeks to improve care at the end of life. Caring Connections provides free resources, including educational brochures, advance directives and hospice information, and a toll-free help line for people looking for quality end-of-life information.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1700 Diagonal Road
Suite 625
Alexandria, VA  22314
Phone:	1-800-658-8898 (703) 837-1500
Fax:	(703) 837-1233
E-mail:	nhpco_info@nhpco.org
Web Address:	www.nhpco.org
The U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) offers information on local hospice and palliative care programs across America. NHPCO is committed to improving end-of-life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of improving quality of life for dying people and their loved ones.

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Author:	Jeannette Curtis	Last Updated: December 27, 2007
Medical Review:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Shelly R. Garone, MD - Palliative Care
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