Compassionate Care Alliance Caring Resources Guide - A Gateway to Information, Care Choices and Planning
Organizations, Websites & Pamphlets


Additional Resources to Check:

State and National Organizations & Websites

Aging with Dignity
Provides the Five Wishes Living Will, legal in 33 states ($5 fee).
1-888-5-WISHES
www.agingwithdignity.org

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Guidelines on advance directives.
http://cms.hhs.gov

AARP
Information on obtaining and completing advance directives.
601 E St., NW
Washington, DC 20049
1-800-424-3410
www.aarp.org/endoflife/

Partnership for Caring: Americašs Voices for the Dying
Provides free, state-specific living wills.
PFC Publications ­ Publications Office
1620 Eye Street, NW, Suite 202
Washington, D.C. 20006
Hotline: 1-800-989-9455 (option 2)
www.partnershipforcaring.org

Gundersen Lutheran
End-of-Life Care

Programs that help health care providers implement advance directives in hospitals.
1836-1910 South Avenue
La Crosse, WI 54601-5494
(608) 782-7300 or 1-800-362-9567
www.gundluth.org/eolprograms

California Medical Association
221 Main Street,Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Order an Advance Health Care Directive Kit
(415) 541-0900
www.cmanet.org

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Advance Directive Information and Resources
(703) 837-1500
www.nhpco.org


Pamphlets

MAKING CHOICES: PLANNING IN ADVANCE FOR FUTURE HEALTHCARE CHOICES,
PLANNING GUIDE AND VIDEO
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation (800) 362-9567, ext. 55243

CARING CONVERSATIONS
Midwest Bioethics Center
(800) 344-3829

ABOUT DNR ORDERS
ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
(703) 837-1500

FIVE WISHES AND FIVE WISHES VIDEO
Aging with Dignity
(888) 5-WISHES