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

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 Guide – English, Spanish

Hospice and Palliative Care: What’s the Difference?

Hospice Care Programs – English, Spanish

Medicare Hospice Benefit FAQ – English, Spanish

Common Hospice Myths – English, Spanish

Is Your Loved One Ready for Hospice? – English, Spanish

Why Choose Hospice Sooner? – English, Spanish

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

PTSD - Veterans

Veterans Administration – PTSD 

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

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Stroke

Stroke.org

Stroke Resources for Patients and Families