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Navigating death, caregiving, and grief is never easy—but you don’t have to do it alone. Below are trusted organizations and tools to support you and your loved ones through every step of this sacred transition. Whether you're planning ahead, caregiving, grieving, or seeking ways to honor a loved one, these resources can guide you with care, clarity, and dignity.

Advance Care Directives
POLST polst.org
Five Wishes fivewishes.org

Caregiver Resources
AARP aarp.org
Family Caregiver Alliance caregiver.org

Death Positive Movement
Death Café deathcafe.com
The Order of a Good Death orderofthegooddeath.com

Death by Suicide
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention afsp.org (grief groups)
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 988lifeline.org

Elder Abuse
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network rainn.org (reporting contacts by state)

End-of-Life Doula Organizations
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance nedalliance.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization EOLD Council nhpco.org

Green Burial Organizations
Green Burial Council greenburialcouncil.org
National Home Funeral Alliance homefuneralalliance.org

Grief Resources 
Center for Loss and and Life Transition centerforloss.com
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation ekrfoundation.org

MAiD and VSED
American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying acamaid.org
Compassion and Choices compassionandchoices.org
The Completed Life Initiative completedlife.org 
The VSED Handbook: A Practical Guide to Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking

Pediatric Death 
Children’s Bereavement Center childbereavement.org
National Alliance for Children’s Grief nacg.org
The Compassionate Friends compassionatefriends.org

Physiology
Crash Course thecrashcourse.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cdc.gov

Volunteer Opportunities 
No One Should Die Alone Foundation nosdaf.com
Hospice Foundation of America hospicefoundation.org