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Resources
CARING INFO
Advance directive forms in English and Spanish, with instructions, available by state. Resources for grief and care giving support.
Compassion and Choices
Compassion & Choices improves care, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. Includes information about Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) and Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED).
INELDA
INTERNATIONAL END-OF-LIFE DOULA ASSOCIATION, formed in 2015, is a member-based, nonprofit working to meet the non-medical needs of the dying by raising awareness of the roles of end-of-life doulas and providing education to support compassionate deathcare.
vna texas
Nonprofit hospice, palliative care, pediatric hospice, caregiver resources, and Meals on Wheels community organization. Founded in Dallas, Texas in 1934.
NATIONAL HOME FUNERAL ALLIANCE
Provides individuals, families, and communities information about caring for their dead.
GREEN BURIEL COUNCIL
Caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact.
CONSTELLATION OF LIVING MEMORIALS
Dedicated to the revival of historic and forgotten cemeteries, restoring them into native plant and wildlife habitats. Based in Dallas, Texas.
Reading List
Japenese Death Poems | Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
The Five Invitations | Frank Ostaseski
Die Wise | Stephen Jenkinson
A Beginner's Guide to the End | B.J. Miller, MD & Shoshana Berger
A Time to Live and Gone from My Sight | Barbara Karnes, RN
Being Mortal | Atul Gawande
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