Here are several resources that may be helpful to you and your loved ones as the end draws near.
What Matters Now
When facing serious illness we all need love and support, What Matters Now provides free personal websites for people whose lives have been affected by serious illness or injury. Our intention is to help people be surrounded by the love and support of family and friends, and have space for reflection when facing a life-changing situation.
When facing serious illness we all need love and support, What Matters Now provides free personal websites for people whose lives have been affected by serious illness or injury. Our intention is to help people be surrounded by the love and support of family and friends, and have space for reflection when facing a life-changing situation.
U.S. Living Will Registry
The U.S. Living Will Registry electronically stores advance directives and makes them available to health care providers 24 hours/day via secure Internet or telephone-facsimile. The Registry stores ALL types of advance directives...living wills, health care proxies, health care power of attorney, as well as organ donor information. U.S. Living Will Registry 523 Westfield Ave., P.O. Box 2789 Westfield, NJ 07091-2789 Phone: 800-LIV-WILL (800-548-9455) Fax: 908-654-1919
The U.S. Living Will Registry electronically stores advance directives and makes them available to health care providers 24 hours/day via secure Internet or telephone-facsimile. The Registry stores ALL types of advance directives...living wills, health care proxies, health care power of attorney, as well as organ donor information. U.S. Living Will Registry 523 Westfield Ave., P.O. Box 2789 Westfield, NJ 07091-2789 Phone: 800-LIV-WILL (800-548-9455) Fax: 908-654-1919
Veterans Guide to Long-Term Care This Guide to Long Term Care provides information about long term care options home and community based, and residential care -- as well as listings of nursing homes for Veterans by state. The Shared Decision Making section provides valuable tools that help the older person, and the family support person, in making long term care plans and choices.
Social Security Administration
Information on Medicare and other SSA benefits.
Information on Medicare and other SSA benefits.
