Look to These Organizations for Support and Services

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End-of-Life and Palliative Care

• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
  NHPCO is the premiere non-profit organization representing the interest of hospice and palliative care providers. This site provides educational resources, programs and materials for professional providers and community interests.
• Colorado Center for Hospice and Palliative Care (COCHPC)
  COCHPC, a membership organization, provides vital information to consumers regarding palliative and end-of-life care. Additionally, an on-line database is available to help consumers locate hospice services.
• The Population-based Palliative Care Research Network (PoPCRN)
  PoPCRN conducts and disseminates high-quality research studies in palliative care settings. Additionally, the archived newsletters provide insight and information about palliative care issues.
• End-of-life / Palliative Education Research Center (EPERC)
  EPERC shares educational resource material among the community of health professional educators involved in palliative care education
• Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
  CAPC provides health care professionals with the tools, training, and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals and other health care settings.
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
  AAHPM, an organization of physicians and other medical professionals, is dedicated to advancement of palliative medicine through prevention and relief of patient and family suffering by providing education and clinical practice standards, fostering research, facilitating personal and professional development, and by public policy advocacy.
• End-of Life/ Palliative Care
  Bioethics Resources on the Web - This website contains a broad collage of annotated web links, and while the list is comprehensive, it is not totally inclusive. The listed resources provide background information and various positions on issues in bioethics.
• Medline Plus: Palliative Care
  A service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
• GetPalliativeCare.org
  Palliative Care information, resources, and providers in the U.S.

Caregiving

• CaringBridge
  This site offers free, personalized websites that support and connect loved ones during critical illness, treatment and recovery. Families can post information of interest to their friends and family regarding the status of a loved one while receiving supportive, loving emails in return.
• Share The Care™
  The national website for Share The Care includes descriptive information about the model of care, testimonials from groups, organizational information, and contact information. Groups can register online providing important demographic and statistical information used to substantiate future funding requests.
• Lotsa Helping Hands
  Lotsa Helping Hands is a marvelous online, organizational tool for communities of care. A simple registration process results in a password protected website where groups can schedule caregiving tasks, post memos, access member contact information, send emails, and more.
• AARP State of Colorado
  AARP provides an abundance of relevant information for Colorado members regarding caregiving. Publications, articles, regional resources, and links to useful websites are available on this site.
• Family Caregiver Alliance
  FCA provides a variety of information and services related to the growing caregiving needs throughout our nation. Education, research, information, services, and caregiving events can be accessed through this website.
• Institute for Life & Care
  Caring for those who care for others at work and at home— "Strengthening Those Who Serve Others"—is Institute for Life & Care's unique and vital mission. They strive to become your premier resource for growth and renewal so that you don’t fall victim to "compassion fatigue" as a result of the stress of the work you do.
• Medicare
  The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
• National Alliance for Caregiving
  The National Alliance for Caregiving is dedicated to providing support to family caregivers and the professionals who help them and to increasing public awareness of issues facing family caregivers.
• Aging Network
  The Interactive Aging Network is a non-profit strategic consultancy. They are uniquely positioned to work with agencies to apply current information systems to streamline operations, enhance programs and expand the range of services offered.
• Older Women's League
  The Voice of Mid-life and Older Women.
• Woodward Respite Care Fund
  The mission of the Woodward Respite Care Fund is to offer support, encouragement, and hope to Caregivers, by providing resource information and a stipend to pay for temporary relief from caregiving responsibilities.