Note: Although I have visited and personally evaluated all of the sites listed below, I don't re-visit each of them regularly, and I'm not always notified when sites are no longer active.  I would greatly appreciate your feedback on the usefulness of any of the sites listed, and if you should encounter an inactive site, please let me know.  I also welcome your suggestions for additions to these listings. Please send your comments and suggestions to me at TousleyM@aol.com.  Thank you!

AARP the Magazine Online Guide: Caregiving
Advance Directives, Living Wills, and Other Practical Matters
After Caregiving Ends (Article by Judy Tatelbaum)
AGIS: Assist Guide Information Services - Eldercare Resources
Aging Solutions: Aging Parents and Elder Care
Aging With Dignity
AIDS Action
ALS Association: A Reason for Hope
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Association CareFinder™ Service
Alzheimer's: Grief Misunderstood (Article by Marianne Dickerman Caldwell)
American Pain Foundation
Americans for Better Care of the Dying
AMF: National Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers Support Network for College Students
Animal Connections (Pets as Healers: Article by Peggy Haymes)
Animals Are the Best Medicine (Article by Roberta Taylor, LPN)
Anticipatory Grief: A Family-Centered Approach
Assisted Living Directory
Attitudinal Healing: International Center
Brain Injury and Its Impact
Brain Injury Resource Foundation
Breast Cancer Husband (Book by Marc Silver)
Canadian Virtual Hospice
Cancer Care Support Services
Cancer Care Connection
Cancer, Chemo, and Guided Imagery
Cancer Guide: When You Need the Right Questions
Cancer: Holistic Treatments
Cancer Hope Network
Cancer Foundation: R. A. Bloch
Cancer Support: Belief Net
Cancer Support Groups and Information: The Wellness Community
Cancer Support for Individuals, Families: Gilda's Club
Cancer Support Meditation: Honing Your Spiritual Skills
Cancer Support Services: M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Cancer Treatment: Chemotherapy Information
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
CareCircle: Community-Powered Support Programs
Care of the Terminally Ill Child
Caregiver Community
Caregiver's Corner: Hospice Foundation of America
Caregivers Support: Belief Net
Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses
Caregiving.com: Helping You Help Aging Relatives
CaregiverTips.com
CaringBridge: Free Personalized Web Sites to Support and Connect Loved Ones
Caring Connections
Carrie Bears: Made from a Loved One's Clothing
CiteHealth: Reviews & Ratings on Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Dialysis Centers
ComfortQueen: A Place to be Kind to Yourself
Companioning the Bereaved: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers (Book)
Companioning the Dying: A Soulful Guide for Caregivers (Book)
Coping with an Illness or Death During College (Article from National Students of AMF Support Network)
Coping with Cancer and Critical Illness
Coping with Caregiving: Radio Program
Coping with Sleeplessness and Insomnia in Grief (Article by Marty Tousley)
Difficult Endings
Dog Play: Benefits of Therapy Dogs and Visiting Pets
The Dying Process: A Guide for Caregivers
Dying Well, Defining Wellness through the End of Life: Dr. Ira Byock
Dying Words: How Should Doctors Deliver Bad News? by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Empowering Caregivers - Choices, Healing, Love
ElderCare Locator: Finding Community Assistance for Seniors (Nationwide)
ElderCare Online
Elder Care: Alzheimers, Dementia
Elder Care Made Easier: Doctor Marion Somers
Elder Rage, or Take My Father... Please!: How to Survive Caring for Aging Parents (Book)
End of Life Care: Aetna Compassionate Care Program
Estate Planning for Pets (in the Event of Your Own Death or Disability)
Explaining the Funeral or Memorial Service to Your Children (Booklet by Marty Tousley)
Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide To The Emotional and Spiritual Care Of The Dying (Book)
Family Caregiver Alliance: National Center on Caregiving
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
Final Details: Taking Care of Business
Final Gifts : Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying (Book)
Find a Hospice Program
Finding a Local Hospice
Finding Our Way: Living with Dying in America
The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey (Online E-mail Course by Marty Tousley)
Five Wishes Document
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's
Forgiveness in Grief and Bereavement (Articles)
Foundation for Senior Living (Phoenix, AZ)
The Four Things That Matter Most : A Book About Living
Fresh Start Women's Foundation
Frequently Asked Questions about Hospice Care
Gilda's Club: Cancer Support for the Whole Family the Whole Time
Good Endings: The Program
Grief, Loss and Caregiving (Book Chapter by Ken Doka)
A Guide to Sleep
Guided Imagery: Free Weekly Audio Spa Sessions from Health Journeys
Guilt and Regret in Prolonged Illness (Article by Ken Doka)
Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illnes
s (Book by J. Lynn)
The Healing Power of Pets
Healing Symbols
Health and Healing: Guided Imagery from The Power Within
Health Journeys: Resources for Mind, Body and Spirit
Health Watch - Alternative and Complementary Health Care Information
Healthcare Decisions: Living Wills, Advance Directives
Helping a Dying Friend (Article by Bayla Kraft)
Helping You Choose Quality Home Care and Hospice Services (JAHCO)
Home Caregivers Accreditation of America (HCAOA)
Hope for Bereaved
Hospice and Assisted Living Toolkit: Assisted Living Federation of America
Hospice and Caregiving Blog: Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)
Hospice Benefits: Medicare
Hospice Directory
Hospice Homepage
Hospice Hounds: Animals and Healing at the Borders of Death (Book by M. Rivera)
Hospice: Online Video to Inform the Public
Hospice: Myths and Facts
Hospice Net - Death, Dying, Caregiving, Grief
Hospice Stories: How Hospice Can Help
Hospice Story: Don't Wait Until It's Too Late
How Does a Family Know When to Contact Hospice?
Illness: A New Perspective on Suffering (Q&A with Christine Longaker, by Gilles Bédard)
Imagery to Help with Cancer
It's Not Too Late! An Interactive Guide For Exploring and Expressing Love As A Life Nears An End (Book by L. Pendleton & F. Bader)
Key Life Journeys (Educational Videos)
Kota Press: Grief Resources for Bereaved Parents and Those Who Care for Them
Lean On Me: Cancer through a Carer's Eyes (Book by Lorraine Kember)
Life Story: Inspirational Slideshow by Photographer Mike Greener
Living with Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life
Living with Grief: Loss in Later Life
Living with Grief When Illness is Prolonged
Living with PTSD: Lessons for Partners, Friends and Supporters (Video)
Long-Distance Caregiving: 20 Questions for Long-Distance Caregivers
Long Term Care Insurance: Free Comparison Quotes, Research Center
Long Term Care Resources
Lotsa Helping Hands: When Friends and Family Need Help
Next Steps: Elder Care Issues for Everyone
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Message Board for Hospice Care Givers and Care Recipients (Hospice Foundation of America)
Moyers On Dying
Music for Healing and Recovery: Essential Tools for Caregivers
Music for Visiting the Sick, Dying, Bereaved
National Alliance for Caregiving
National Alliance for Children with Life-Threatening Conditions
National Family Caregiver Support Program
National Family Caregivers Association
Near-Death Experiences (NDE): Evelyn Elsaesser-Valarino
The Needs of the Dying : A Guide For Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life's Final Chapter (Book by David Kessler)

Obituary and Pre-Obituary Writing: Postive Endings
Online Grief Healing Discussion Groups
Online Health Resources
Partners Against Pain
Pain Aid Pain Foundation
Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice
Pain Treatment Topics
Palliative Care in the Home
Penny Bear Company
PetGuardian: Pet Trust Plans to Ensure Lifelong Care of Pets
Pet Therapy: Animal Assisted Therapy
Pet Therapy: Therapeutic Use of Pets for Stress Relief & Relaxation
Pet Therapy: Visiting Pets and Animal Assisted Therapy
People Living with Cancer
Project Linus: Providing Security through Blankets
ReliefInsite: Secure Online Pain Management Services
Resources Terminal Illness
Respite: National Respite Locator Service
Retirement Life Today
Room 217: Music for Life's Journey
Say and Send Recordable Message Teddy Bears
Second Chance for Pets Organization
Senior Health: Aging-Related Health Information
Share the Care: How to Organize a Care Giving Group
SHARE Cancer Support
Smiling through Your Tears: Anticipating Grief (Book by Harriet Hodgson & Lois Krahn)
Songs of Love Foundation: Personalized Songs for Terminally Ill Children and Young Adults
Strength for Caring: Family Caregiving and Eldercare Resources
Support: Asking for and Accepting Help When You Need It (Article by Sally Scott)
Support for Parent Caregivers
Supportive Care Coalition: Pursuing Excellence in Palliative Care
Survivor's Guide: Coping With The Outside World (Articles by Christine Jette)
Top Ten Reasons for Avoiding Counseling (Article by Peggy Haymes)
Tough Transitions: Navigating Your Way through Difficult Times (Book by Elizabeth Harper Neeld, PhD)
Traumatic Brain Injury Center - Spinal Cord Injury Resource
Traumatic Head Injury: Using Guided Imagery with Semi-Comatose Patients
Trouble Sleeping?
Troubled With . . . (Focus on the Family Website)
Twelve Steps to Handling a Disturbing Diagnosis (Article by Elizabeth Austin)
Using Books to Help Children and Adolescents Cope with Death: Guidelines and Bibliography (Article by Charles A. Corr)
Waking Up: Climbing Through the Darkness (Book by Terry Wise)

Whispering Hope Ranch for Special Needs Children

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