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You focus on the memories, we'll take care of the rest. Our goal is to make cataloging, managing, and dividing heirlooms a positive experience for families to celebrate their heritage and legacy, whether they are near or far.
End of Life Websites
The last conversation you want to have shouldn’t be the last one you do have. The When You Die Project is here to facilitate a cultural dialogue most often avoided — one that begins at the end.
A plethora of information, resources and support for all things End of Life.
Ensure that everyone is informed, empowered, and engaged so they can direct, access, and receive end-of-life healthcare that is consistent with their values and priorities.
Since 1994, Death with Dignity has advocated for the fundamental freedom of choice in end-of-life options for all. Take the pledge and join us!
Five Wishes is more than a workbook that becomes a legal advance directive when completed. It is a comprehensive, person-centered advance care planning program that offers a proven, easy-to-use approach to having effective and compassionate conversations.
If you want the best care, you need to prepare.The Diagnosis Decoder helps you generate specific questions for your doctor, nurse or other health provider — questions designed to get you the complete information you deserve. Because no one knows more about you — and what you want — than you.
Have Fun With Some Taboo Talk. Play the new party game that lets you explore a topic we’re all obsessed with but often afraid to discuss.
Books
The Art of Dying Well by Katy Butler
With groundbreaking insights and inspiring true stories, award-winning journalist and prominent end-of-life speaker Katy Butler shows how to thrive (even if coping with a chronic medical condition), get the best from our fragmented health system, and make your own peaceful, well-supported “good death” more likely.
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
In this bestselling book, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, fearlessly reveals the struggles of his profession. He examines its ultimate limitations and failures – in his own practices as well as others’ – as life draws to a close. And he discovers how we can do better.
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
The Wild Edge of Sorrow explains that grief has always been communal and illustrates how we need the healing touch of
others, an atmosphere of compassion, and the comfort of ritual in order to fully metabolize our grief.
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) by Sallie Tisdale
Advice for Future Corpses is more than a how-to manual or a spiritual bible: it is a graceful compilation of honest and intimate anecdotes based on the deaths Tisdale has witnessed in her work and life, as well as stories from cultures, traditions, and literature around the world.
It’s Your Funeral by Kathy Benjamin
You can’t attend your own funeral. But you can have a blast planning it! Every stage of the legacy planning process is considered, from a burial outfit to a funeral theme. Death is scary—but planning your funeral doesn’t have to be!
The Final Act of Living by Barbara Karnes RN
Barbara wrote this book following years of being a hospice nurse at the bedside of hundreds of people in the months to moments before death. From the stories and experiences she shares, you will see that death doesn't just happen, there is an unfolding; there is a process to dying.
Videos
In The Realm of Death & Dreaming: Does Conciousness Continue After Death?
Exploring what happens after death not only helps us decide how we want to be cared for at the end of life, but it reduces our fear of death and helps us live more fully.
Saying Goodbye: Preparing for Death
As hard as it is to believe, we know, in the depths of our being, death will come – either through a diagnosis, or from a sudden accident. Don’t wait until you’re in crisis to decide how you want to be cared for. Difficult as it is, making decisions now about what we want when facing the inevitable, is a great kindness to yourself, and to your loved ones.
Architecture of Death: The Inner World of Dying
What happens as we are dying? What could the final months, weeks, and days of life look like for the person who is dying and the people who love them?
Legacy Contacts: How To Setup and Share Your iCloud Data After You Die
Help make it easier on your loved ones if something were to happen to you, by assigning someone as your Legacy Contact so they have access to all the information stored in your phone.
Grief Support
Hope Floats is a bereavement and educational center for adults, children, teens, and their families who are grieving, dealing with illness, or facing other life challenges. Our free support services bring hope and healing to those in need.
We understand that whether you’re creating a legacy plan or handling the passing of a loved one, managing the business of death can be completely overwhelming. We are ready to serve. Our team is here to help you manage the expected and unexpected of end-of-life issues.We have the lived experience, and can take on the tasks for you so you are free to live your life without the stress of it all.
We all grieve differently, so our support needs can be different. HeartLight Center offers a variety of support groups, workshops, seminars and resources for individuals and organizations so that you can access the support that is meaningful to you.
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