Serious Illness Support
When a loved one is seriously ill, decisions about medical care and treatment can be difficult and supportive resources tough to find. Many people wonder:
What should I do-or not do? What is the right decision? How can I get the help I need?
Please feel free to check out and print out Our FREE new brochure: A Simple Guide for Medical Care and Decision-Making (PDF format) is designed to help you navigate complex medical situations, ask the right questions, and make the best decisions for you and your seriously ill loved ones. We prepared directions to facilitate printing and folding ease.
Other helpful information and resources:
- Advance Directives to allow you to state your preferences for medical care;
- Information on advocating for a family member or friend who is experiencing, or who is worried about experiencing, pain or suffering during serious illness or disability;
- Pain control at the end-of-life: the tragedy of needless pain and suffering -- and what you can do to prevent it.
- Pain control: basic information and resources;
- More information about end of life suffering, including depression, shortness of breath, and other symptoms;
- Resources to help prepare for challenges during serious illness;
- Information about hospice care.