Patient Resources

Advance Care/Long Term Planning

National Conversation Project: National Healthcare Decisions Day

National Conversation Project: Advance Care Planning

National Institute on Aging: Advance Care Planning

Advance Directives by State

My Directives App

ALS

ALS.org – Navigating ALS Resources

Alcohol/Drugs

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association)  National Helpline

Finding and Getting Help

Arthritis

Arthritis.org

Bladder - Incontinence

15 Tips to Keep Your Bladder Healthy

Caregiver Resources

Caregiving.org

Dementia

Alzheimer’s Support and Resources

10 Signs of Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Brain Health Key Facts and Resources

GUIDE Medicare Program – Caregiver Support

Diabetes - Foot Health

Hints for Health – Be Sweet to Your Feet

Hints for Health – Mindful Eating

Living with Diabetes

End of Life/Hospice

Hospice Care Team

Hospice and Palliative Care: What’s the Difference?

Hospice Care Programs

Medicare Hospice Benefit

Myths About Hospice Care

Is Your Loved One Ready for Hospice?

Why Choose Hospice Sooner?

Fall Prevention

Hints for Health – Balancing Act

Hints for Health – Defeating Dizziness

Hints for Health – Home Safe Home

Grief

Books

• How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: a guide for adults, by Lois F. Akner
• Life after Loss, a Practical Guide to Renewing Your Life After Experiencing Major Loss, by Bob Deits
• Motherless Daughters, a Legacy of Loss, by Hope Edelman
• Please be Patient, I’m Grieving as Fast as I Can: How Young Widows and Widowers Can Cope and Heal, by Linda Feinberg
• The Mourning Handbook, The most comprehensive resource offering practical and compassionate advice on coping with all aspects of death and dying., by Helen Fitzgerald
• Living When a Loved One has Died, by Earl Grollman
• When a Man Faces Grief/A Man You Know is Grieving, by James E. Miller
• How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Dies, by Theresa Rando
• Good Grief: A constructive Approach to the Problem of Loss, by Granger Westberg
• Healing Your Holiday Grief, by Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt

Articles

• The Legacy of Grief: Coping with Loss, by Maria Cohut, Ph.D.
• Finding Some Light in the Darkness of a Parent’s Death, by Erica Donahue
• How to Cope with Grief of an Unexpected Death, by Henny Goldade
• Variables to Your Grieving Process, by Jeanne M. Harper
• When Grief, Guilt and Anger Collide, by Sameet Kumer
• Myths and Facts about Grief and Loss, by James E. Miller
• Guilt and Grief: Giving yourself Mercy, by Heather Stang, MA
• The Journey through Grief: The Six Needs of Mourning, by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.

Online Grief Support Groups

• Grief.com
• Grief Share
• Motherless Daughters Retreats
• My Grief Angels
• Compassionate Friends

Grief Support Groups – In Person

• Widow Too Soon Support Group (Topeka, KS)

Grief Support Websites

• Center for Loss
• Grief Healing Blog
• Grief Journey
• The Grief Center
• What’s Your Grief

Resources for Children & Teens

Books

• A Grieving Teen: A Guide for Teens and Friends, by Helen Fitzgerald
• Companioning the Grieving Child, by Alan D. Wolfelt
• I Will Never Forget You (Teen Journal), by Emilio Parga
• Help for the Hard Times: Getting Through Loss for Teens, by E. Hipp
• This Hurts: A Children’s Guide-Journal to Death and Grief, by Jennifer Leandra Collier
• Water Bugs and Dragonflies, Explaining Death to Young Children, by Doris Stickney
• When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens, by Marilyn E. Goodman, Ed.D.
• Tear Soup, by Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen

On-Line Grief Resources for Children and Teens

• The Dougy Center
• Siblings By Heart
• Ele’s Place
• Our House Grief Support Center
• Uplift Center for Grieving Children

Heart Health

Hints for Health – CHF Patients on Diuretics

Hints for Health – The Heart of the Matter

Hints for Health – Mindful Eating

Hints for Health

Beat the Heat – CHF Patients

Beat the Heat – Dialysis Patients

Hints for Health – Address Your Stress

Hints for Health – Balancing Act

Hints for Health – Be Sweet to Your Feet

Hints for Health – Breathing Easier

Hints for Health – Defeating Dizziness

Hints for Health – Heart of the Matter

Hints for Health – Home Safe Home

Hints for Health – Low Vision

Hints for Health – Mind Your Meds

Hints for Health – Mindful Eating

Hints for Health – Rethinking Your Position

Hints for Health – Work Smarter Not Harder

Home Safety

10 Resources for Living Independently as a Senior

Hints for Health – Home Safe Home

Hints for Health – Work Smarter Not Harder

Hints for Health – Rethinking Your Position

Hints for Health – Balancing Act

Hints for Health – Defeating Dizziness

Low Vision

Hints for Health – Low Vision Insights

Low Vision Resources from American Academy of Opthalmology

Prevent Blindness.org

Lung Health - Shortness of Breath - COPD

Hints for Health – Breathing Easier/Shortness of Breath

COPD Resources

Patient Resources and Videos – COPD

Medication Safety

Hints for Health – Mind Your Meds

Where and How to Dispose of Unused Medicines

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association)  National Helpline

Mental Health - Depression

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association)  National Helpline

Depression in Older Adults

Find Help for Depression

Hints for Health – Address the Stress

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Nutrition

Hints for Health – Mindful Eating

Food Assistance Programs

Nutrition for Older Individuals

Stroke

Stroke.org

Stroke Resources for Patients and Families

Veterans

Veterans Administration – PTSD 

SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association)  National Helpline

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Veterans Resources Guide (NPHI)