Advance Care Planning Websites
- Living Will
- Baylor Scott & White - Plan B
- 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
- TexasHealth.org Advance Care Planning
Organizations
- Aging and Disability Resource Center of Tarrant County: ADRC
- Alzheimer’s Association - Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiver Center.
- Conversation Ready NTX
- TAGS: Tarrant Area Gerontological Society
- United Way of Tarrant County: Area Agency on Aging of Tarrant County
Caregiver Resources
- AgingCare.com: (Caregiver support newsletter offering tips, advice)
- A Place for Mom: (Assisted Living Placement Resource)
- Caregiver Action Network
- Caring.com (additional caregiver resources by topic)
- 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
Health Care Documents
Articles
- Caregiving is Hard Enough. Isolation Can Make It Unbearable
- Lessons on Living from My 106-Year-Old Aunt Doris
- 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
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:
- A Time to Act:
- resource guide about the documents, here.
Videos
- CBS Sunday Morning: Documenting a “Good Death”
- Dying with Dignity: Respecting Choices with End of Life Care
- Facing Death: Frontline PBS
Local Covid Info:
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Any day is a good day to make your medical wishes known to your family. It never hurts to revisit the discussion during a time of major changes. Here are resources to help you have this important conversation today: mydirectives.com. If you prefer to have someone walk you through your decision making follow this link.
Caregiver Resource Podcasts: