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Program I.  Life Planning Program
   

Book:
Lynn, Joanne. Handbook for mortals: guidance for people facing serious illness.

 
   
  Links:
“Getting your affairs in order” (National Institute on Aging)
 
   
Program II:  Advance Health Care Directive
   

Book
Lynn, Joanne.  Handbook for mortals: guidance for people facing serious illness.

 
   
 

Links
“What are advance directives?”

“Consumer’s Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning”

“End of life choices: CPR & DNR”

“End of life choices: feeding tubes and ventilators”
     
   

Program III: Alternate Care Program
   

Books
Henry, Stella.  Eldercare handbook: difficult choices, compassionate solutions.
 
Jacobs, Barry. Emotional survival guide for caregivers: looking after yourself and your family while helping an aging parent.
 
Morris, Virginia.  How to care for aging parents.
 
Berman, Clair.  Caring for yourself while caring for your aging parents. 3d. ed.
   
  Links
“Online Risk Assessment” – assess when elders may be at risk living alone
 
   

Program IV:  End of Life

   

Books
Byock, Ira.  Dying well: peace and possibilities at the end of life.
 
Callanan, Maggie.  Final gifts: understanding the special awareness, needs and communications of the dying.
 
Miller, James E.  One you love is dying: 12 thoughts to guide you on the journey.
 
Miller, James E. When you know you’re dying: 12 thoughts to guide you through the days ahead.
 
Weenolsen, Patricia.  The art of dying: the only book for persons facing their own death.
 
Feldman, David. The end-of-life handbook: a compassionate guide to connecting with and caring for a dying loved one.
 
Pausch, Randy.  The last lecture.
   
  Links
“Dying with dignity: for the caregiver and for the dying person”
     
   

Program V:  Second Growth
   

Books
Ellis, Thomas M.  This thing called grief: new understandings of loss.
 
Neeld, Elizabeth.  Seven choices: finding daylight after loss shatter your world.
 
Miller, James E.  How can I help?/ What will help me? 12 things to do when someone you know suffers a loss/ 12 things to remember when you have suffered a loss.
   
  Links
“Grief and recovery”:  Caring Resources Guide
   
     
     
     
     
 
 
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