Please find Resources Below.  ​

• Advanced Care Planning Websites
• Organizations
• Caregiver Resources
• Health Care Documents
• Articles
• Resources for the Jewish Community
• ​Videos​​

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Advance Care Planning Websites

• BaylorScott&White
• Compassion & Choices: The Good-to-Go Toolkit
• The Conversation Project:  Your Conversation Starter Kit
• Five Wishes
• My Directives: An electronic on-line approach to Advance Care Planning
• North Texas Respecting Choices:  Planning Guide
• Prepare for Your Care

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Organizations

• Aging and Disability Resource Center of Tarrant County: ADRC
  
• Alzheimer’s Association - Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiver Center.
  
  • REACH (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health).  
• Conversation Ready NTX
• TAGS:  Tarrant Area Gerontological Society
  
• United Way of Tarrant County: Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County
  
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPOC): CaringInfo
  

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Caregiver Resources

• AgingCare.com: (Caregiver support newsletter offering tips, advice)
• A Place for Mom: (Assisted Living Placement Resource)
• Care for Caregivers Project
• Caregiver Action Network
• Caring.com (additional caregiver resources by topic)
• Comfort Finders: Caregivers Support Groups
• DADS: Department of Aging and Disability Services
• Family Caregiver Alliance: National Center on Caregiving (caregiving at home
• Family Caregivers Online: Education and Resources for Caregivers
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: Caring Info

 

Health Care Documents

• Directive to Physicians (living will)
• Medical Power of Attorney
• Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST)
• Advance Directive for Dementia
  
• Texas PREPARE Advance Directive

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Articles

• Caregiving is Hard Enough.  Isolation Can Make It Unbearable
• Dozens of Clergy hope to get people Talking about Death
• Pitfalls for Proxies
• What you should know about elder facilities and end-of-life care
• Getting Grief Right
• One Day Your Mind May Fade. At Least You’ll Have a Plan
• The Best Possible Day: Atul Gawande
• The Crisis Facing America’s Working Daughters

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Resources for the Jewish Community

• Sage Voices:
  • http://www.jtsa.edu/sage-voices:    A diverse group of rabbis and religious leaders speak about end of life issues and how they integrate Jewish tradition into their own teaching and care for others. 
• A Time to Talk:
  • workbook, located here.
  • ​resource guide, here.​
• ​A Time to Act:
  • ​resource guide about the documents, here.

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Videos

• CBS Sunday Morning:  Documenting a “Good Death”
• Dying with Dignity: Respecting Choices with End of Life Care
• Facing Death: Frontline PBS

Caregiver Resource Podcasts: