Resources
Websites
Advanced Healthcare Directives by State - Download, print, and complete an Advanced Care Directive.
Compassion and Choices - Legal options and information about end-of-life.
End of Life Choices California - Learn about end of life options.
Barbara Karnes, RN - Guiding source in end of life education.
Home Funeral Alliance - Learn how to have a funeral in your own home.
The Conversation Project - Tips on how to get “the conversation” started.
Green Burial Council - Learn about environmentally friendly options for your body after you die.
books
Two wonderful book lists compiled by our very own librarian, Willow:
Death, Dying, and Advance Care Planning
The Death Doula’s Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
Cultivating the Doula Heart by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
Articles
Washing My Boy’s Body by Frank Ostaseski
How Doctors Die by Ken Murray
What it’s Like to Have a Home Funeral by Melissa Roberts Weidman
Grieving Ukranians Turn to ‘Death Doulas’ for Support by Daria Mitiuk and Laura Boushnak
Letting Go by Atul Gawande
How Doctor and Doula Partnerships Transform End-of-Life Care by Bob Uslander
Local supports
By the Bay Health Hospice and Palliative Care
Heartland Hospice - Hospice and Palliative Care
Providence - Hospice
Anchor Health - Hospice and Palliative Care
Marin Health - Palliative Care
Hired Hands Homecare - Full service, non-medical caregiving.
At Home Caregivers - Caregiver services for seniors.
Seniors at Home - Care for aging adults.
Alliance of Hope - For suicide loss survivors.