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Plan Your Care Resource Center

Compassion & Choices is committed to empowering people to get the care they want during a serious illness or at the end of life. One way we do that is by helping people plan well and become good advocates for themselves and their loved ones.

End-of-Life Decisions Guide & Toolkit 

Download our thorough end-of-life planning guide and toolkit to help you navigate your end-of-life choices.

Take control of Your Care with Tools to Finish Strong 

Explore our tools to Finish Strong, including the new Dementia Values & Priorities Tool and Dementia Decoder.

Doc2Doc Consultation Program 

Doc2Doc offers practicing physicians free, confidential telephone consultation with one of our seasoned medical directors.

COVID-19 Toolkit

COVID-19: Understanding Your Options
COVID-19: Using Telehealth to Reduce Your Risk
COVID-19: Advance Care Planning
COVID-19: Addendum to Your Advance Directive
COVID-19: Dying in the Age of the Pandemic
Juego de Herramientas del COVID-19
COVID-19: Impact on Underserved Communities

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Diagnosis Decoder
My Particular Wishes
How to Talk to Your Doctor
Medicare Coverage Information
Dementia Decoder
Finding a Partner Doctor

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End-of-Life Decisions Guide
Palliative Sedation
Glossary of Terms
Understand Your End-of-Life Options
Your Life, Your Priorities
Understand Medical Aid in Dying
Information About Medical Aid in Dying [Video]
Patient Notebook
Tools to Finish Strong
Voluntarily Stop Eating and Drinking
Dementia and End-of-Life Care

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Dementia End-of-Life Care
Values Worksheet
Trust Card

Plan

Advance Directives
Dementia Healthcare Provision
Sectarian Healthcare Directive
Hospital Visitation Form
Assisted Living Facility (ALF) Rider
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and POLST
Contact a Consultant
A Patient's Guide to Personal Advocacy

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Su Vida, Su Prioridades

End-of-Life Information Packets

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National End-of-Life Information Packets
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My End-of-Life Decisions Guide

Advance planning helps ensure that we get the care we want and avoid what we don’t want, even if we’re unable to speak for ourselves. Use our guide to move through the process step-by-step.

 

Explore our Tools to Finish Strong

Help your doctor help you by filling out a Trust Card. Establish your values and priorities and get the most out of your doctor's visit following a dementia diagnosis.

 

Download and End-of-Life Planning Packet

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