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An NHPCO resource to help patients and caregivers understand topics like advance directives, end-of-life care, and related issues.

Learn what an Advance Directive is, about different types of directives, how and when to create yours, and how to ensure your end-of-life wishes are honored.

The form in this guide is a simple version of a Health Care Advance Directive. It allows you to choose someone to make health care decisions for you if you can’t. If you name a health care agent when you are healthy, you will make sure that someone you trust can make health care decisions for you if you become too ill or injured to make them yourself.

Talking with your family, friends and inner circle about end-of-life care can be challenging in many ways. Learn tips for having these conversations with those you trust and rely on.

The Conversation Project is a public engagement initiative with a goal to have every person’s wishes for end-of-life care expressed and respected.

Looking for ideas for planning for and promoting National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) in your community? We’ve pulled together some of our most frequently asked questions about planning for NHDD and created a roadmap with specific examples and resources to help provide answers.

Looking for resources to encourage conversations in your community? Our resources are all available to you for free.

Find resources on how to engage patients and families in discussions of end-of-life care, as well as research and other useful information.

Helping people get started by sharing their wishes for care through the end of life.

Video and digital advance directives are legally valid in specific states. Learn what they are and what services are available to help you create one.

Talking with your family, friends and inner circle about end-of-life care can be challenging in many ways. Learn tips for having these conversations with those you trust and rely on.

Learn about different types of grief and loss, how to get support after the death of a loved one, how to support others through their grief, and more.

Advance directives are state-specific legal documents for communicating end-of-life and care wishes. Learn why it's important to create one and how to do so.

Learn how to have important conversations about a loved one's care and end-of-life wishes, whether you are responsible for their care or just want to listen.

Learn about the differences between palliative care, hospice, comfort care and bereavement care. Plus, resources for finding the right care at the right time.

Find information and resources to prepare patients and caregivers for dealing with a terminal illness. Learn what steps to take now and to plan for the future.

The following tips may be useful at any point during a serious illness, but especially when the person is not expected to live more than a few weeks or days.

Many terminally ill patients go home in their last days. For some, home hospice care doesn’t work. How can health systems provide home-like care at life’s end?