RESOURCES
Web Resources
Barbara Karnes RN
End of Life Education Materials for Families & Professionals + blog
National Institute on Aging (huge variety of resources on aging and dying)
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage -Author, Gospel Coach, Teacher
(blog, books, resources)
End of Life Clarity (resources and blog)
The Hospice Foundation of America (wide variety of resources)
Caring Info-National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Hospice and Palliative Care Information
American Bar Association (Myths and Facts About Advance Directives)
A Perspective on the End of Life: Hospice Care
Caring Conversations® Materials
National Polst Organization (POLST: Portable Medical Orders)
End of Life Planning, Advance Care Planning, and Grief Education
Books
End of Life Guideline Series: A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets by Barbara Karnes RN (former hospice nurse)
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley (former hospice nurses)
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
by Atul Gawande (surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, writer, Pr
ofessor at Harvard Medical School)
Dignity In Death: Accepting, Assisting, and Preparing for the End of Life by Barbara Frandsen (educator, caregiver for terminally ill son in law, and caregiver for son who became cancer survivor)
Farewell: Vital End of Life Questions with Candid Answers
by Edward T. Creagan, MD (oncologist, palliative care specialist, practiced at Mayo Clinic for over 40 years)
Caring for the Dying -The Doula Approach to Meaningful Death
By Henry Fersko-Weiss (hospice nurse and Founder of the first End of Life Doula Program)
A Faithful Farewell ~ living your last chapter with love
by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
The Last Things We Talk About Your Guide to End of Life Transitions by Rev. Dr. Elizabeth T Boatwright
Life's L:ast Gift - Giving and Receiving Peace When a Loved One is Dying by Charles Garfield, PhD
Blessing Our Goodbyes ~ A Gentle Guide to Being with the Dying and Preparing for Your Own Death by Kathie Quinlan
Finishing Well ~ Living with the End in Mind (A Devotional)
by Lee Warren
The Legacy Life - by David Green (founder of Hobby Lobby)
The Gift Of Years - Growing Old Gracefully by Jaon Chittister
The Waiting Room - 60 Meditations for Finding Peace and Hope in a Health Crisis by Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage