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.
Throughout this year’s Asian American, Native Hawai’ian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, Compassion & Choices expressed its appreciation for this diverse population with a lively assortment of activities. Explore some of what we’ve been up to: Chief Engagement Officer Brandi Alexander introduced Compassion & Choices to more than 100 leaders of Hawai’ian businesses, arts…
In a warm virtual welcome at the 2023 Hawai’i Arts Summit Eō: Calling out the Future!, Chief Engagement Officer Brandi Alexander introduced Compassion & Choices to more than 100 leaders of Hawaiian businesses, arts organizations and community based organizations. Alexander’s message, reflecting on the role of art as the foundation for communication, transformation and meaning, expanded…
How do you see trans advocacy intersecting with end-of-life options advocacy, if at all? What similarities does the trans rights movement share with the end of life movement? There’s a lot of overlap in the areas of personal and bodily autonomy between the two movements. How we live and how we die is an incredibly…
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Compassion & Choices is a 501 C3 organization. Federal tax number: 84-1328829
