Web Resources on the Issue of Long Term Care
End of Life Resources
Dying Well—Defining Wellness through the End of Life
The Dying Well website provides resources for people facing life-limiting illness,
their families, and their professional caregivers.
Growthhouse—Guide to Death, Dying, Grief, Bereavement and End-of-Life Resources
Growth House, Inc., provides this award-winning portal as your international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care. Our primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration. Our search engine gives you access to the Internet's most comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care.
Last Acts: A National Coalition to Improve Care and Caring Near the End of Life
Last Acts is a campaign to improve end-of-life care by a coalition of professional and consumer organizations. The organization advocates the use of palliative care, focused on managing pain and making life better for individuals and families facing death. Last Acts envisions a world in which dying people and their loved ones receive excellent care and are honored and supported by their community. This site is for professionals and volunteers working to improve care of the dying.
Metropolitan Washington Regional HIV Health Services Planning Center
The mission of the Metropolitan Washington Regional HIV Health Services Planning Council is to plan for the comprehensive delivery of HIV/AIDS services and allocation of resources for the Eligible Metropolitan Area (EMA), as mandated by the Ryan White Title I legislation.
Partnership for Caring: America’s Voice for the Dying
Partnership for Caring: America's Voices for the Dying is a national, nonprofit organization devoted to raising consumer expectations for excellent end-of-life care and increasing demand for such care. It is the only end-of-life organization that partners individuals and organizations -- consumers and professionals -- in a powerful collaboration of voices raised to demand that society improve how it cares for dying people and their loved ones.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care seeks to foster long-term changes in health care institutions to expand access to services and improve quality of care for dying people and their families.
