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• National Institute of Nursing Research - Palliative Care Brochure PDF icon
Palliative care provides relief from distressing symptoms including pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, constipation, nausea, loss of appetite, problems with sleep and many other symptoms. This informative brochure can help you decide if palliative care is right for you, or your loved one.

• Lotsa Helping Hands
Lotsa Helping Hands is a private, web-based caregiving coordination service that allows family, friends, neighbors and colleagues to create a community and assist with the daily tasks that become a challenge when caring for an aging loved one or during long-term caregiving.

• GetPalliativeCare.org
GetPalliativeCare.org provides clear, comprehensive palliative care information for people coping with serious, complex illness. Key components of the site include a Palliative Care Directory of Hospitals, a definition of palliative care, and a detailed description of what palliative care is and how it is different from hospice. It also provides an interactive questionnaire to assist people in determining whether palliative care is appropriate for them or their loved-ones. The site is provided by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC).

• CaringInfo.org
Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer and community engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

• Palliative Care Brochure - English PDF icon
A two page brochure for patients to provide information about palliative and hospice care. A publication of the Center for Health Professions, San Francisco, California.

• Palliative Care Brochure - Spanish PDF icon
A two page brochure for patients to provide information about palliative and hospice care. A publication of the Center for Health Professions, San Francisco, California.

• ShareTheCare.org
How to organize a group to care for someone who is seriously ill. This model is you for if you've never been a caregiver. Someone you love has a serious illness. They turn to you. You don't know what to do. You've been taking care of someone seriously ill for a long time. You're burning out. You can't do it alone anymore.

• GetPalliativeCare.org
When you are facing a serious illness, you need relief. Relief from pain. Relief from other symptoms, such as fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite and shortness of breath. Relief from stress. This website contains valuable information about how to obtain palliative care, and if palliative care is right for you.







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