The Project Compassion Resource Guide 2010 (click title for pdf)

This resource guide offers information, organizations and websites that will help you access important information related to illness, caregiving, end of life and grief.  Key topics include:

How to Find and Evaluate Resources on the Internet 

Living with a Serious Illness: A Whole Life Approach
Questions Concerning Serious Illness
Questions Concerning Health Affairs
Patient Advocacy
Pain
Children
Serious Illness Resources
Physical Care Resources
Alternative Medicine
Practical Care Resources
Emotional Care Resources
Spiritual Care

Community Caregiving: Family and Volunteer Support 
Recognizing Signs and Symptoms
Project Compassion Support Teams
Long-Distance Caregiving
Caregiving Resources
Facility Based Caregiving
Environmental Care Resources

Planning Ahead (Advance Care Planning) 
A General Overview
Financial Planning
Legal Planning
Advanced Care Planning
Organ and Tissue Donation
Funeral Pre-Planning

Transitioning: Palliative and End-of-Life-Care 
Choosing a Hospice
Dying as a Natural Process
What to Say to Your Loved Ones When they are Dying
Artificial Nutrition (Food) and Hydration (Fluid) at the End of Life

Living with Loss: Grief and Bereavement 
Information on Grief
How to Write a Condolence Note
Resources

In each section you will find a general overview of the topic as well as tips. To aide you in further reseach, organizations and links are at the end of each section, including national, state (NC) and local (Triangle) resources.

We hope that you can use this guide to gain useful information in order to help yourself, your family, and others in the community.

Project Compassion Resource Guide 2010 (click title for pdf)