Resources

  • Find a hospice or get information about hospice:
    www.nhpco.org
  • The Dougy Center provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults, and their families grieving a death can share their experiences.
    www.dougy.org
  • For information about becoming a hospice volunteer:
    www.hospicefoundation.org/hospiceInfo/volunteer.asp
  • Resources for people facing life-limiting illness, 
their families, and their professional caregivers:
    www.dyingwell.org
    www.ekrfoundation.org
  • The Association for Death Education and Counseling is one of the oldest interdisciplinary organizations in the field of dying, death, and bereavement
    www.adec.org
  • The International Association of hospice and Palliative Care promotes hospice and palliative care worldwide.
    www.hospicecare.com
  • Larry Dossey, MD who is deeply rooted in the scientific world, has become an internationally influential advocate of the role of spirituality in healthcare.
    www.dosseydossey.com
  • Coming Home Connection was founded by Glenys Carl who has been involved in end of life and long-term care for adults and children for the past fifteen years in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
    www.cominghomeconnection.org
    www.glenyscarl.com
  • Information about End of Life, Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning:
    www.kilcrease.com
  • Resources for Grief:
    www.centering.org
  • Article on grief journaling:
    http://www.journaltherapy.com/articles/cjtsec08_i.htm
  • An informative, practical resource for Alzheimer’s Disease.
    www.alzheimersatoz.com
  • Santa Fe Doorways is a community coalition of care serving grieving and dying people. They offer many doorways of support, service, and education for our community. Santa Fe Doorways invites dialogue on the deeper meaning of life’s final phase.
    www.santafecare.org
  • Learn more about the dying process from Denys Cope, a hospice nurse of twenty years.
    www.denyscope.com

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