Resources - Helpful Links
At Compassionate Hospice we are dedicated to providing our patients and their family members with helpful resources related to hospice and palliative care. Following is a list of websites and resources that we recommend on end-of-life care issues:
American Association of Pastoral Counselors
The American Association of Pastoral Counselors promotes and supports the ministry of pastoral counseling within religious communities and the field of mental health in the United States and Canada.
Association for Death and Education Counseling
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The Association for Death and Education Counseling (ADEC) is one of the oldest interdisciplinary organizations in the field of dying, death and bereavement. ADEC is dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, bereavement counseling and care of the dying through educational opportunities such as courses and workshops, its new certification program and its acclaimed newsletter, The Forum. For more information please visit www.aapc.org.
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
The ELNEC project is a comprehensive, national education program to improve end-of-life care by nurses. Its primary goals are to develop a core of expert nursing educators and to coordinate national nursing education efforts in end-of-life care. For more information please visit www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC.
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
The mission of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) is to make high quality hospice and palliative care more available and accessible to patients and families worldwide. IAHPC acts as an information resource for patients, professionals, health care providers and policy makers around the world. For more information please visit www.hospicecare.com.
Hospice Foundation of America
The Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) is the country’s largest nonprofit donations driven organization representing end-of-life care programs and care givers. HFA is committed to improving hospice care and the quality of life for both dying Americans and their loved ones. For more information please visit www.hospicefoundation.org.