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ALS Association
(National organization)

ALS Association Bay Area Chapter
These sites provide resources for families and caregivers of those suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig' Disease).

Alzheimer’s Association
Provides resources for families and caregivers of those suffering from Alzheimer’ disease.

Autonomy Now
AUTONOMY NOW represents persons with disabilities who expect choice in all aspects of their lives, including choice at the end of life.

The California Coalition for Compassionate Care
The coalition is a statewide partnership of more than 60 regional and statewide organizations dedicated to the advancement of palliative medicine and end-of-life care in California.  The site includes free advance directives.

Cancer Information


Cancer Care                                                                                                                                                             
These sites provide general information about cancer treatment and care.

Caring Connections

Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Center for Family Caregivers
Provides online support and educational materials to family caregivers.

Compassion & Choices
Compassion & Choices is our parent organization. As a national organization with over 60 chapters and 30,000 members, our parent organization helps patients and their loved ones face the end of life with calm facts and choices of action during a difficult time. The national group also aggressively pursues legal reform to promote pain care, put teeth in advance directives and legalize physician aid in dying in other states.
 
Death with Dignity National Center
Death with Dignity National Center is one of the leaders in the death with dignity movement, based on its development, implementation and defense of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act.
 
Eldercare Locator
Provides information about local services

Family Caregiver Alliance
Offers research, publications, fact sheets, public policy news and information on a variety of long term care concerns.

Grief
Provides information and resources about recovering from grief.

National Alliance for Care giving
Provides care giving tips and guides and an internet clearinghouse of 1,000 reviewed and rated resources for caregivers.

National Family Caregivers Association
Offers caregiving tips and on-line resources including a support network and resource guides.

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization    
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) cares for terminally ill persons and their families, and is dedicated to making hospice an integral part of the US health care system.

Oregon Department of Human Services
The Oregon Department of Human Services' webpage has all of the forms and annual reports on Oregon 's aid-in-dying law.

Pain Management Resources
Pain Management Resources provides a complete listing of groups from the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives to the Pain Research Institute.

Palliative Care Policy Center
Palliative Care Policy Center (PCPC) offers expert support to hospitals, nursing homes, health systems, hospices, and other organizations that serve individuals nearing the end of life.

Suicide Prevention

Provides information about the suicide prevention lifeline and other related resources.

World Federation of Right to Die Societies

World Federation provides an international link for organizations working to secure or protect the rights of individuals to self-determination at the end of their lives.

  • Oregon Announces Ten Successful Years of Death with Dignity
  • Aid-in-Dying Initiative Launched in Washington
  • Compassion and Choices Launches End-of-Life Consultation Program in California
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    Next Chapter Open Meeting Sunday, May 18, 2008, 5 PM

    Join us for a private screening of Two Weeks, starring Sally Field, followed by a panel discussion.

    Delancey Street Foundation Screening Room

    600 Embarcadero

    San Francisco, CA

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