AT THE END – In addition to the AT THE END Binder of a Lifetime starter materials (HERE,) there are many excellent resources available, including these:

• Celebration of Life – Planning for it… (some thoughts from Long Memories)
• Compassion & Choices is an organization providing an excellent way to express your wishes and/or get answers on tough questions from a loved one
  • Value Worksheet and overall Good-to-Go Toolkit
  • Dementia Provision
• Conversations of a Lifetime (from Hospice of Cincinnati) – includes some great materials plus a link to wonderful Conversation Project documents like this
• HERE is Cake’s End of Life Plan information – looks very interesting…
• HERE is CaringInfo’s Leaving a Legacy: Funeral and Memorial Planning booklet with several good ideas and questions
• HERE is a Thrivent webpage about “Five End-of-Life Planning Steps“
• HERE is a 2024 AARP article: “My Mom Died. Then Came the Executor Ordeal” with some excellent suggestions, ideally done well before “At the End” time…
• Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) materials
• Death Over Dinner – an Overview; a Ted Talk
• Ascension poem by Colleen Corah Hitchcock (funeral homes use this on their cards)
• Song: I Will See You Again written by Tammy Pockstaller and performed here by Rhonda Vincent and the Rage
• You could even go a little humorous on the obituary as this family did
• CDC website with Advance Care Planning resources  [PDF of website here]

• DVD – Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject

• NBC News example of what Long Memories, LLC advocates: “Talking about death brings end-of-life benefits”
• Helpful Hints from others
• An impactful obituary as an example
• BOOK TO CONSIDER: Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Katy Butler
• Reasoned Discussion About End of Life – Jon Stewart interview with Atul Gawande, author of the book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
• Death Over Dinner – website HERE and introductory video HERE
• The Funeral as We Know it is Becoming a Relic

Angeles Arrien shares tangible practices to help us live more intentionally with death in view (bottom part of THIS POST). Really like the “personal Book of Revelations” idea!

• “We’re Bad at Death. Can We Talk?” by Dhruv Khulla supporting conversations NOW!
• Good to Go!
• Good to Go!” parties
• “Good to Go” music playlist
• Departure File

Helpful Materials on key At The End topics (all items from Compassion & Choices)

• Hospice Care
• Palliative Care
• Medical Aid in Dying
• Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) – available in all 50 states

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