Helpful Organizations

Advance Care Planning

• AARP
• American Bar Association
• American Hospital Association
• Center for Practical Bioethics
• Five Wishes
• National Healthcare Decisions Day
• National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives
• ProjectGRACE
• U.S. Living Will Registry

Caregiving

• AARP Caregiving Resources
• Ask Medicare
• Enclara Health
• Family Caregiver Alliance
• The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast
• Johnson & Johnson Foundation - Strength for Caring
• National Alliance for Caregiving
• National Family Caregivers
• National Organization For Empowering Caregivers
• Rosalynn Carter Institute For Caregiving
• United Hospital Fund's Next Step in Care

Disease Specific

• Alzheimer’s
• American Diabetes Association   
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• Cancer Care, Inc.
• COPD Foundation
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Lou Gherig’s / ALS Association
• LUPUS Foundation of America
• National Cancer Institute
• National Resource Center on ADHD
• Parkinson’s / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Grief

• The Compassionate Friends
• The Dougy Center
• Growth House, Inc.
• Partnership for Parents

Hospice and Palliative Care

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • www.palliativedoctors.org (A new resource from AAHPM)
• American Hospice Foundation
• Center to Advance Palliative Care
  • www.getpalliativecare.org (A new resource from the Center to Advance Palliative Care)
• Children's Hospice International
• Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
• Hospice Foundation of America Medicare
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
• National Hospice Foundation
• National Palliative Care Research Center
• Partnership for Parents
• Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
• Palliative Dementia Care Resources

 Pain

• American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)
• American Pain Foundation
• American Pain Society
• Arthritis Foundation
• National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain