TLC Transitional Life Care
A Vajrayana Buddhist education and support program offering spiritual resources for the end of life transition.
ONLINE RESOURCES
WILL AND TRUST INFORMATION
“A will is a written document expressing a deceased person's wishes, from naming guardians of minor children to bequeathing objects and cash assets to friends, relatives, or charities. A will becomes active only after one's death. A trust is active the day you create it, and a grantor may list the distribution of assets before their death in it, unlike a will. There are irrevocable trusts, often created for tax purposes, which cannot be altered after their creation, and living trusts, which can be changed by the grantor.”
Read more here: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/051315/will-vs-trust-difference-between-two.asp
CalPDF A fiduciary training organization for California. http://cal-lpf.com
Professional Fiduciary Association of California Education, Advocacy and Advancement for Professional Fiduciaries: https://pfac-pro.org/about/mission-purpose/
ADVANCED HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVE & MEDICARE INFORMATION
The Art of Dying Well (User friendly Advanced Care Directive manual and documents legal in all 50 states of the US. https://art-of-dying-well.com/author/rick/ Recommended by TLC.
Five Wishes Document (User-friendly Advanced Health Care Directive) https://www.fivewishes.org/about-five-wishes/
Peacefully Prepared (Spiritual Care Directive Info) https://peacefully-prepared.com/
Prepare for Your Care https://prepareforyourcare.org/welcome
Family Caregiver Alliance https://www.caregiver.org/
Medicare by State - Information https://www.applyformedicare.com/medicare-by-state/
BUDDHIST HOSPICE RESOURCES
Tara Home - Buddhist Hospice Resources - A Buddhist organization based in New York City offering a year-long Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program, retreats and programs, and outreach meditation... http://tarahome.org › buddhist-hospice-resources
Metta Institute
Buddhist Practice · Access to Insight · BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information Network Buddhist Reflections on Death & Dying · Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library https://www.mettainstitute.org › links
BuddhaNet's Buddhist Hospice Directory and HIV/AIDS Projects
The Buddhist Hospice Trust aims to provide compassionate care and companionship for the living, the dying and the bereaved. The Trust is non-sectarian... http://www.buddhanet.net › hospices
Zen Caregiving Project
Zen Caregiving Project draws on 30 years of experience in hospice & end of life care. https://zencaregiving.org
Resource Guide - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
These organizations and local Buddhist centers also may be able to refer you to hospital-based palliative care programs or spiritual care programs... https://tricycle.org › Magazine
Buddhist Lotus Hospice Care Foundation
End-of-life care and hospice care combining Buddha Dharma with medical work on hospice care to help terminally ill patients and their relatives... https://hospicecare.com › listings › details
Hayagriva Buddhist Centre - Helping the Dying
Wheel of Life Palliative Care Support Group: Hayagriva Buddhist Centre. Lama Zopa Rinpoche is the spiritual leader of the organization... https://hayagriva.org.au › helping-the-dying
Dzogchen Beara - The Rigpa Spiritual Care Centre Buddhist support for the dying, recovering, and the family and friends of the deceased providing various programs with facilities in Germany and Ireland https://www.dzogchenbeara.org/spiritual-care-centre/
Life is Uncertain. Death is Certain. Buddhism and Palliative Care
Palliative care benefits from Buddhist insights in the form of compassionate care and relating death to life...https://www.jpsmjournal.com › article › fulltext
SECULAR HOSPICE RESOURCES
Open Caregiving Caregivers' Guide to Hospice - various hospice resources, information and support https://www.opencaregiving.com/hospice
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care https://hospicecare.com/home
Children’s Hospice International https://www.chionline.org/about-chi
ehospice / Palliative News, Views and Inspiration from Around the World https://ehospice.com/international
Medicare.gov / Find a Hospice Agency https://www.medicare.gov/hospiceCompare
BEREAVEMENT
Weathering Grief http://www.weatheringgrief.com
Dyalogues https://www.dyalogues.com/resources
Healing Circles Global https://healingcirclesglobal.org/
Refuge In Grief https://refugeingrief.com/
Open Caregiving - Grief Counseling https://www.opencaregiving.com/hospice#griefcounseling
DISPOSITION OF REMAINS & ALTERNATIVES
The Natural Funeral (Ecological Death Care/Reverant Body Care/Home Funeral)
https://www.thenaturalfuneral.com/
Destination Destiny ~Nationwide Green Burial Information and Services
https://destinationdestinymemorials.com/
Recompose (Alternative to cremation and traditional burial) https://recompose.life/
Better Place Forests (Alternative to traditional burial) https://www.betterplaceforests.com/
The Forest~An Oregon Dedicated Natural Burial Ground~Green Burial
https://theforestconservationburial.org/
Green Burial greenburialcounsel.org
US Urns Online (Final Disposition Options) https://www.usurnsonline.com/cremation/final-disposition-options-cremation-burial-and-more/
Sacred Crossings Funeral Home (Green Burial Alternatives / Los Angeles https://sacredcrossingsfuneralhome.com/
Funeral Consumer's Alliance funerals.org
National Home Funeral Alliance homefuneralalliance.org
TOOLS TO OPEN THE CONVERSATION
The Death Deck https://thedeathdeck.com
Go Wish Cards / Coda Alliance https://codaalliance.org/go-wish/#order-go-wish
Hospice Foundation of America https://hospicefoundation.org/End-of-Life-Support-and-Resources
The Conversation Project www.theconversationproject.org
Deathwise http://deathwise.wpengine.com
Death Over Dinner www.deathoverdinner.org
The Death Café http://deathcafe.com
Ever Plans everplans.com (assistance with personal organization)
Open Caregiving "Opening the Conversation" https://www.opencaregiving.com/hospice/guides/how-to-have-end-of-life-conversations
SPECIALTY WEBSITES
Threshold Choir International: https://thresholdchoir.org/ Offering bedside singing for those approaching the end of life.
Awakened Endings / Hospice Nurse and Death Doula Stephanie Crawford, RN, BSN Counsel and support for the dying, families, and caregivers: https://www.awakenedendings.com/about
Informed Final Choices / Crestone End of Life Project A variety of end-of-life and bereavement workshops supporting communities, individuals, and organizations across the country: Informed Final Choices, informedfinalchoices.org
The Living/Dying Project Spiritual support for the dying, caregivers, and families: https://www.livingdying.org/
The Order of the Good Death founded by Caitlin Doughty, an American mortician, author, blogger, and YouTube personality known for advocating death acceptance and the reform of Western funeral industry practices. She is the creator of the web series "Ask a Mortician", founder of The Order of the Good Death, and author of the bestselling books Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory, published in 2014 by W.W. Norton and Company, From Here to Eternity and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? [All three books are recommended by TLC Founder & Director, Julie Rogers] orderofthegooddeath.com
Caring Advocates Strategic Advanced Care Planning - specializing in Alzheimer's and Dementia, Advanced Care Planning, Wills, POLSTs, Advanced Directives, information and support. http://caringadvocates.org/
Open Caregiving An abundance of resources for all aspects of end-of-life care: Caregiving Glossary; Caregiving Stories; Caregiver Support Groups; Advanced Directives; Hospice; Medicare; Medicaid; Home Health Care; Respite Care https://www.opencaregiving.com/
Pleural Mesothelioma Center - Giving Mesothelioma Cancer Patients Hope https://www.pleuralmesothelioma.com/cancer/prognosis/
Alzheimer Support A free service for families who have loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. A search tool with a nationwide database of Alzheimer’s care facilities is provided, along with locations for licensed, properly equipped care homes and communities.