End of Life Resources 2022
I have gathered here some of the End of Life resources I have found most helpful as a Certified End-of-Life Doula and often share with families. Some are Colorado-based, and others are more general resources on death and dying. I hope you find them useful as well.
Online Wills, Advance Medical Directives and Legacy Tools
COLORADO Advance Medical Directive Planning Form
MOST Colorado Medical Orders Scope of Treatment Form
Five Wishes Advanced Directive Form
Free Will Free and easy estate planning tool
US Legal Wills Online Wills, Power of Attorney, Living & Expatriate Wills
StoryWorth Legacy story tool
ReImagine Tools for planning a virtual memorial
Life Review Letter Templates From the Stanford Medicine Letter Project
Advanced Care Planning Resources for End-of-Life
Five Wishes Advanced Care Planning Website
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
Colorado Advanced Directives Consortium
Hospice Giving Foundation End of Life preparation resources.
Natural Deathcare Initiative Documentaries, Videos & MP3’s, Books, Websites, Green burial sites, materials & more
Cancer Support Community Southwest Colorado Offers programs & support so people affected by cancer will be empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.
The Living and Dying Conscious Project – Offering Educational Resources and Workshops for Conscious Transitions
Green Burial
Green Burial Council – This is the place to learn more about green burial and how to find certified cemetery stewards, funeral professionals, and funerary product sellers who share the commitment to create more sustainable after-death options for you, your community, and the planet.
The Natural Funeral – An independent, Holistic Funeral Home & EOL Resource Center
Colorado Terminal Care Service Providers (Local 4 Corners Area)
End of Life Care in the Media
ARTICLES
Talking About Death Won’t Kill You
How Death Doulas Ease the Final Transition
MAGAZINES
Natural Transitions – A Resource for green and holistic approaches to end of life.
MOVIES / DOCU-SERIES
A Will for the Woods Documentary – Determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet, musician and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial.
Griefwalker – Stephen Jenkinson
In the Parlor: The Final Goodbye Documentary
Prognosis- Notes on Living
My Last Days, docu-series of people living with life-limiting illness by Justin Baldoni
PODCASTS
Mettle Health YouTube – Online Education for Caregivers
NEWSLETTERS & BOOKLETS
Barbara Karnes – End of Life Educational Materials for Families and Professionals.
BOOKS
- A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
- Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death by Joan Halifax
- How to Be Sick: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide for the Chronically Ill and Their Caregivers by Toni Bernard
- Five Invitations, by Frank Ostaseski
- Who Dies? – Stephen Levine
- A Year to Live – Stephen Levine
- Die Wise – Stephen Jenkinson
Grief Resources
Good Grief – Grief Resources
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller – Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
Good Grief Healing through the Shadow of Loss by Deborah Coryell
End-of-Life Consultants
Mettle Health (B.J. Miller) – Support and guidance for serious illness
Alua Aurthur, Going with Grace
Inspirational Resources
Christine Pollock
END-OF-LIFE DOULA
As a CDI Certified End of Life Doula, I have embraced my Soul's calling to honor and support sacred transitions for several years. I provide loving nurturing care for the body, mind and soul during the entire dying process.
Through heartfelt conversation, divine intuition, an array of healing approaches and spiritual resources I am that trusted guide.