Care at the End of Life

Other Places To Get Help

Organizations

Caring Connections
1700 Diagonal Road
Suite 625
Alexandria, VA  22314
Phone:	1-800-658-8898 (703) 837-1500
Fax:	(703) 837-1233
E-mail:	caringinfo@nhpco.org
Web Address:	www.caringinfo.org
Caring Connections, a program of the U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), seeks to improve care at the end of life. Caring Connections provides free resources, including educational brochures, advance directives and hospice information, and a toll-free help line for people looking for quality end-of-life information.
Compassionate Friends National Headquarters
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL  60522-3696
Phone:	1-877-969-0010 toll-free (630) 990-0010
Fax:	(630) 990-0246
E-mail:	nationaloffice@compassionatefriends.org
Web Address:	www.compassionatefriends.org
Compassionate Friends is an organization that helps family members through the grieving process when they have lost a child.
Family Caregiver Alliance
180 Montgomery Street
Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA  94104
Phone:	1-800-445-8106 (415) 434-3388
E-mail:	info@caregiver.org
Web Address:	www.caregiver.org
This organization supports and assists caregivers of adults who have brain impairment. It also provides education, research, services, and advocacy.

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Author:	Bets Davis, MFA	Last Updated: July 31, 2006
Medical Review:	Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Shelly R. Garone, MD - Palliative Care
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