End of Life: Helping With Comfort and Care

English

This 68-page guide discusses key issues at the end of life. Topics include finding hospice care, what happens at the time of death, managing grief, and preparing advance directives along with resources for more information.

Date: 
April, 2010
Office: 
OCPL [1]
Publication Cover: 
PDF Attachment: 
end_of_life_helping_with_comfort_care.pdf [2]
Publication Type: 
Books
Keywords: 
End of Life [3]
Advance Directives [4]
Palliative Care [5]
NIH Pub ID: 
08-6036
CIMS Pub ID: 
BK026
Keywords (Global): 
End of Life [3]
Advance Directives [4]
Palliative Care [5]
Training Materials for Professionals [6]
Topics (Global): 
Caregiving [7]
End of Life [8]
Legal and Financial Planning [9]
Offices (Global): 
OCPL [1]
Channels (Global): 
health [10]
Publish Date: 
Thursday, April 1, 2010
ADEAR Topics: 
Caregiving [11]
Contains Related Publications: 
Yes
Related Content: 
Alzheimer’s Caregiving Tip Sheet: End-of-Life Care (PDF, 156K) [12]
Mourning the Death of a Spouse (AgePage) [13]
Getting Your Affairs in Order (AgePage) [14]
Source URL: http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/end-life-helping-comfort-and-care