5. RESOURCES

Munson Community Health Library maintains a collection of books, audio books, and videos for public use. Contact:

ONLINE RESOURCES

Advance Care Planning

• Advance Directives Registry
• Aging with Dignity
• Caring Conversations 
• Choice in Dying   
• Munson Advance Care Planning
• U. S. Living Will Registry 

Caregiver Issues

• Administration on Aging 
• Caregiver Survival Resources 
• National Alliance for Caregiving 
• National Family Caregivers Association
• Natl Federation of Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers 
• The Well Spouse Foundation 

End-of-Life Issues

• Americans for Better Care of the Dying 
• Decisions Near the End of Life at Education Development Center, Inc. 
• Discovery Health Channel 
• Dying Well 
• Growth House 
• Innovations in End-of-Life Care
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Last Acts
• On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying 
• Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying 

Financing and Policy Issues

• Community-State Partnerships Program
• National Health Policy Forum
• RAND/Center to Improve Care of the Dying

For Children Who Are Grieving

• Safe Crossings

Grief and Bereavement Issues

• AARP 
• American Hospice Foundation 
• Grief Net 

Hospice

• Children's Hospice
• International  Hospice Foundation of America 
• Michigan Hospice & Palliative Care Organization 
• Munson Hospice
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 

Local Resource Section

• Circle of Life, MI Dept of Community Health
• Michigan Consumer Guide to Nursing Homes 
• Michigan Electronic Library - Hospice 
• Munson Healthcare - Hospice

Nursing Education and Training

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 
• End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
• Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association

Pain Management

• American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives
• American Pain Society
• Mayday Pain Project

Palliative Care

• Center to Advance Palliative Care
• National Coalition on Health Care 
• National Health Council
• Promoting Excellence In End-of-Life Care

Physician Education and Training

• Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care
• End-of-life Physician Education Resource Center

Spirituality and Psycho-social Issues

• American Counseling Association
• Compassion Sabbath 
• National Institute for Healthcare Research