Dying Well Resources in Santa Barbara

The following resources are provided as an online library of documents, organizations and associations that can help you find support groups and counseling; guide you through conversations and end-of-life planning; offer templates of documents you should consider implementing, and direct you to studies and research about the subject all of us face together, end-of-life.

Downloadable Forms

MyCare Advance Care Directive

California POLST form

Grief Counseling

• Hospice of Santa Barbara
• Ridley-Tree Cancer Center - Santa Barbara
• Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care

Bereavement Support Groups

• Hospice of Santa Barbara
  
• Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care

Life-Changing Illness/Injury Support Groups

• Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Coast Chapter
• Jodi House Brain Injury Support Center
• Ridley-Tree Cancer Center - Santa Barbara
• Multiple Sclerosis Southern California, Channel Islands Office 

Advance Health Care Directives

• Alliance for Living & Dying Well 
• Sansum Clinic Advance Directive Assistance
• Cottage Health Advance Care Planning
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization - California Advance Care Directive

Palliative Care Resources

• Hospice of Santa Barbara
• Cancer Center Santa Barbara
• Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care
• Community Palliative Care (Out Patient) (805) 690-6212
• Cottage Hospital Palliative Care Consultation (805) 569-8393

Hospice and Home Health Care

• Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care
• Wilshire Hospice
• Marian Hospice

Residential Hospice Facilities

• Sarah House
• Serenity House, Visiting Nurses & Hospice Care

"Aid in Dying" Legislation

• The California End of Life Option Act
• UCLA Health Policy Brief: Implementing Physician Aid-in-Dying

End-of-Life Planning

• AARP End-of-Life
• Adventures in Caring Foundation
• Aging with Dignity “Five Wishes”
• American Bar Association Consumer’s Toolkit for Healthcare Planning
• American Hospital Association “Put It In Writing”
• California Healthcare Foundation Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
• Caring Connections, California Advance Directive
• Caring Connections, Planning Ahead
• Center for Practical Bioethics Caring Conversation Workbook
• Dream Foundation
• Life Chronicles

Articles / Research

• New England Journal of Medicine, “Advance Directives and Outcomes of Surrogate Decision Making before Death,” by Maria J. Silveira, M.D., M.P.H., Scott Y.H. Kim, M.D., Ph.D., and Kenneth M. Langa, M.D., Ph.D., April 1, 2010
• Start Talking About Life's End Well in Advance, Gail Austin Cooney, M.D, president, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, medical director, Hospice of Palm Beach County, Fla., and clinical assistant professor, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Fla.; Beverly and Mike Bus, Wellington, Fla.; Family Caregiver Alliance, April 2, 2010
• British Medical Journal, "The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial," 2009
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, “Talking About End-of-life Treatment Decisions,” by Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., July 7, 2009

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