We strive to provide meaningful resources for patients and families considering and utilizing palliative care services.
Community Resources
Tennessee Advance DirectivesThe State of Tennessee offers numerous helpful advance directive forms which are legal documents allowing individuals to convey decisions about end-of-life care well ahead of need, communicating desires to family, friends and health care professionals and avoiding the potential for future confusion. Included on the state site are:
- Advance Directive
- Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (POST)
- Declaration for Mental Health Treatment
The State of Georgia offers numerous helpful advance directive forms which are legal documents allowing individuals to convey decisions about end-of-life care well ahead of need, communicating desires to family, friends and health care professionals and avoiding the potential for future confusion. Included on the state site are:
Guide for Caring for the Seriously Ill.The onset of a serious illness can affect much more than a person’s health. Knowing what steps to take to get your financial and legal affairs in order is often vitally important not only to you, but to your loved ones. This guide provides you information on several steps to consider, if you or your loved one faces serious illness.
Palliative Articles
- Caring Info - A Program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. CaringInfo: Resources for Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care This is a great resource for those with a serious illness to help make informed decisions regarding care and services.
- The Role of Palliative Care at the End of Life. The Role of Palliative Care at the End of Life - PMC (nih.gov)
- Palliative Practices: An interdisciplinary approach Written by KK Kuebler, MP Davis, CD Moore 2005. Palliative Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach - Kim K. Kuebler, Mellar P. Davis, Crystal Dea Moore - Google Books.