University of Rochester
School of Nursing

John A. Hartford Foundation Community Initiative
End-of-life issues
 
Palliative Care in Nursing Homes
www.scherviercares.org/pc_booklet.pdf

Anticipating end-stage needs of the Alzheimer's patient (Mayo Clinic)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/conditioncenters/invoke.cfm?objectid=0B9BC265-9150-4489-99411BF9E61CC34C

Palliative Care in Nursing Homes Vol 4., No. 2, 2002 of Innovations in End-of-Life Care
http://www.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesMarch02/default.asp

Hard Choices for Loving People (CPR, artificial feeding, comfort care, etc.)
http://www.hardchoices.com

Hospice Programs (ElderWeb)
http://www.elderweb.com/default.php?PageID=926&Version=0&Font=0
Material provided by ElderWeb.com

Toward a Good Death in the Nursing Home: Pain Management & Hospice are Key (Caring)
http://www.amda.com/caring/july2001/gooddeath.htm

Protocol Pinpoints Discomfort in Late-State Dementia Patients (Caring)
http://www.amda.com/caring/october2001/protocol.htm

Compassionate Care (Support at the End of Life)
http://www.compassionandsupport.org

End of Life Care (comprehensive bibliography online)
http://www.promotingexcellence.org/navigate/critical_care_bib.html

Means to a better end:  A Report on Dying in America Today (last acts)
http://www.lastacts.org/files/misc/meansfull.pdf

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
http://www.abcd-caring.org/educate/index.html

Improving Care for the End of Life: (A Sourcebook for Health Care Managers and Clinicians)
http://www.medicaring.org/educate/navigate/sourcebook.html

Principles for the Care of Patients at the End of Life: (An Emerging Consensus among the Specialties of Medicine-Christine K. Cassel and Kathleen M. Foley)
http://www.milbank.org/endoflife/

Medicare Hospice Benefit
http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/pm_trans/ab03040.pdf

Feeding Suggestions (University of Iowa)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~centrage/pubs/FeedingSuggestions.pdf

Dealing with Death in the Nursing Home
http://www.goodendings.bigstep.com/listofservices.html