We lead efforts to improve end-of-life care from the ground up: we teach workshops, give presentations, hold virtual and in-person events, create culturally competent materials and more.
LGBTQ+ people can face unique challenges in the healthcare system, including at the end of life. This Pride Month, take charge of your healthcare! Check out our LGBTQ+ Advance Care Planning Toolkit, developed with SAGE, to begin planning for your future care and end-of-life journey.
The Dementia Values and Priorities Tool is designed to help you communicate your wishes regarding future care if you are living with dementia. After answering a series of questions related to the changes commonly seen in the progression of dementia, the tool will provide you with a document that can be added to your existing advance directive and shared with others. The interactive online tool is available in English and Spanish, printable version are available in multiple language
The guide will help you think through your priorities for end-of-life care, complete an advance directive and other forms you may need, choose a representative to speak for you if you cannot, and consider common end-of-life medical interventions so you can specify what you want or don’t want — right up to the end.
We have an extensive video library of our storytellers and supporters.
We hold virtual events and webinars to encourage end-of-life care and planning conversations.
Compassion & Choices is proud to have multiple leadership councils composed of volunteer leaders from medicine, community advocacy, law and other areas of interest.
Compassion & Choices is proud to offer a host of tools and resources to help you and your loved ones “finish strong” by planning for an end-of-life experience that matches the life you’ve enjoyed – defined by love, purpose and agency.
Motivated by the impact of racism, inequity and disparities in end-of-life care, we are connecting with people nationwide to spread the word about the importance of end-of-life care planning and accessing quality end-of-life care.
As we mark Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 through Oct. 15), we reflect on the importance of the physician-patient relationship in creating meaningful conversations about health care throughout our lives, including at the end of life In this video, Dr. Carlos Hernandez-Torres, a Hospice & Palliative Medicine specialist in New York, and member of the…
The widow of the first-known person to use the D.C. Death with Dignity Act sharply criticized the House Appropriations Committee for passing a D.C. spending bill Thursday with an unrelated policy rider to repeal this law that gives terminally ill D.C. residents the option of medical aid in dying (see page 6 of bill summary). The rider also…
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Compassion & Choices is a 501 C3 organization. Federal tax number: 84-1328829
