Death & Dying Resources
Inspired by the beautiful, loving energy and actions of Aneesha Dillon and Timo Navsky in convening our Marin Valley Circle of Friends group, we three (Lisa Jackler, Kamala Allen, and Deborah Boyar) recently compiled an online document with a wide variety of excellent resources on death and dying for our community—and truly for anyone whom it might benefit: Circle of Friends Death & Dying Resources.
We will continue to add resources as we discover them and as others recommend them. When you click Circle of Friends Death & Dying Resources, you’ll always access the latest version.
Do you have suggestions for items you’d like us to consider adding? Please send them to boyardeborah@gmail.com.
We aspire for this information to be of benefit to all!
Warmly,
Lisa, Kamala, Deborah
Advance Care Planning
Aging in Place
AGING IN PLACE
Caregiver Agencies
CAREGIVER AGENCIES
Communication Networks
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
Dreams
Emotional & Spiritual Support
EMOTIONAL & SPIRITUAL SUPPORT
- Art of Dying Well
- Commonweal
- Imerman Angels
- Last Acts of Kindness: Lessons for the Living from the Bedsides of the Dying – Judith Redwing Keyssar
- The Living/Dying Project
- Mettle Health
- The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life’s Final Chapter – David Kessler
- No One Should Die Alone
- What Is A Good Death? – B.J. Miller
- Zen Hospice Project
End of Life Option
END OF LIFE OPTION
- California End of Life Option Act
- Choosing To Die: A Personal Story: Elective Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) in the Face of Degenerative Disease – Phyllis Shacter
- Compassion and Choices
- Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying – Derek Humphry
Financial Planning
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Funeral Directors
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Funerals and
End of Life
Rituals
FUNERALS & END OF LIFE RITUALS
- Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for Embracing the End of Life – Megory Anderson
- Sacred Dying Journal: Reflections on Embracing the End of Life – Megory Anderson
- Final Passages
Healing
HEALING
- Healing Journey – Emmett Miller
Home Vigils
Hospice
Hospital Stays
HOSPITAL STAYS
- Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Feeding Tubes, Palliative Care, Comfort Measures, and the Patient with a Serious Illness – Hank Dunn
- The Patient’s Checklist: 10 Simple Hospital Checklists to Keep you Safe, Sane & Organized – Elizabeth Bailey
- Hospital Stay Handbook: A Guide to Becoming a Patient Advocate for Your Loved Ones – Jari Holland Buck
Meal Delivery
MEAL DELIVERY
Medical
MEDICAL
- A Caregiver’s Guide to the Dying Process– Hospice Foundation of America
- American Cancer Society
- Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End– Atul Gawande
- Choosing Wisely: Patient Resources
- Cochrane Library
- Dementia Decoder
- Dementia Values and Priorities Tool
- Drugs
- Drug Interactions
- Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Get Any Test, Treatment, or Procedure
- Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Antibiotics
- God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine– Victoria Sweet
- Gone from my Sight: The Dying Experience– Barbara Karnes
- Imminent Death
- Mayo Clinic Health Information
- Medications and Older Adults
- MedShadow: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Medicines
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics– Robert Berkow
- The Merck Manual of Health & Aging: The Comprehensive Guide to the Changes and Challenges of Aging- for Older Adults and Those Who Care For and About Them– Mark Beers
- My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing “Slow Medicine,” the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones– Dennis McCullough
- Number Needed to Treat: Quick Summaries of Evidence-Based Medicine
- Physicians’ Desk Reference
- Prognosis – How Much Time Do I Have?
- Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing– Victoria Sweet
- Worst Pills, Best Pills
Memoirs
MEMOIRS
- Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant? A Memoir – Roz Chast
The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Preparation for Death:
Practical
&
Spiritual
&
Spiritual
PREPARATION FOR DEATH: PRACTICAL & SPIRITUAL
- Advice on Dying by Dalai Lama
- The Art of Dying Well – A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life– Katy Butler
- The Art of Living and Dying– Osho
- Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End– Barbara Coombs Lee
- The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully– Frank Ostaseski
- How to Care for Aging Parents (A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues) – Virginia Morris
- Inner Simplicity: 100 Ways to Regain Peace and Nourish Your Soul– Elaine St. James
- Preparing to Die– Andrew Holecek
- The Promised Landing: A Gateway to Peaceful Dying – Bart Windrum
- Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things That Really Matter– Elaine St. James
- Simplify Your Work Life: Ways to Change the Way You Work so You Have More Time to Live– Elaine St. James
- The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying– Sogyal Rinpoche
- Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying – Ram Dass
Podcasts
Videos
VIDEOS
- Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory – Michael Rossato-Bennett
- Compassion in the Face of Death and Dying – Joan Halifax
- Departures – Yojiro Takita
- Extremis – Dan Krauss
- The Life of Death – Marsha Onderstijn
- What Really Matters at the End of Life – B. J. Miller
- Wit – Mike Nichols
Websites
WEBSITES