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Palliative Care Education

Patient/Family Resources

Palliative Care

  • http://palliativedoctors.org/
  • https://getpalliativecare.org/
  • https://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/Palliative_brochure.pdf

Cancer Care and Palliative Care

  • https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/palliative-care.html
  • https://www.cancer.net/sites/cancer.net/files/advanced_cancer_care_planning.pdf

Renal Palliative Care

  • https://www.kidneysupportivecare.org

Advance Care Planning

  • UAMS Advance Directive Information https://uamshealth.com/patients-and-guests/patient-support/hospital-admission/advance-medical-directives/
  • The Conversation Project https://theconversationproject.org/
  • Prepare for Your Care https://prepareforyourcare.org/welcome
  • Caring Info (NHPCO) https://www.nhpco.org/patients-and-caregivers/?pageid=1
  • American Bar Association Advance Care Planning Toolkit
  • AARP – https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/life-balance/info-2017/talk-end-of-life-care.html
  • IDECIDE Patient Decision Aids https://patientdecisionaid.org​

Caregiving

  • AARP Caregiving Resources – https://www.aarp.org/ppi/initiatives/home-alone-alliance.html

Bereavement

Resources for Children/Teens – https://my.clevelandclinic.org/ccf/media/Files/bereavement/understanding-death-grief-mourning-resources-manual.pdf?la=en​

Provider Resources

  • POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/polst
    http://www.arpolst.com
  • Advance Care Planning (ACP Members) – https://acpdecisions.org/
  • Serious Illness Conversation Guide – https://www.ariadnelabs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SI-CG-2017-04-21_FINAL.pdf
  • Renal Palliative Care – Shared Decision-Making in the Appropriate Initiation of and Withdrawal from Dialysis (pdf download)

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