• Home and hospice care
  
• Reading material about dying
  
• Books about dying for children
  

Resources for increasing comfort and serenity in the last stage of life are included in this category.

Home and hospice care

Provides a list of accredited home care organizations.

Gentiva Health Services
3 Huntington Quadrangle 2S
Melville, NY 11747
1-888-GENTIVA or 1-888-436-8482
www.gentiva.com

Offers help with all home healthcare services.

National Association for Home Care
519 C Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 547-7424

Represents all home healthcare agencies in the US. They offer publications on selecting home care.

National Hospice Organization
1901 North Moore Street, Suite 901
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (800) 658-8898

Offers information on the goals of hospice and how to choose a hospice.

Oley Foundation
214 Hun Memorial
Albany Medical Center A-23
Albany, NY 12208
Phone: (800) 776-OLEY

Offers help with parenteral or enteral nutrition--that is, feeding by IV or stomach tube.

Visiting Nurse Associations of America
3801 East Florida Avenue, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80210
Phone: (800) 426-2547

Provides skilled nurses, aides, and therapists for home care.

Reading material about dying

Bernard, Jan, and Miriam Schneider. The True Work of Dying. New York: Avon Books, 1996.

Callanan, Maggie, and Patricia Kelley. Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. New York: Bantam Books, 1996.

Furman, Joan, and David McNabb. The Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying. New York: Bell Tower, 1997.

Groopman, Jerome. The Measure of Our Days. New York: Viking (Penguin), 1997.

Humphry, Derek. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying. The Hemlock Society, 1997.

Kramp, Erin Tierney, Douglas H. Kramp, and Emily P. McKhann. Living with the End in Mind: A Practical Checklist fort Living Life to the Fullest by Embracing Your Mortality. Three Rivers Press, 1998.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Death and Dying. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1969.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. Death: The Final Stage of Growth. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. To Live Until We Say Good-bye. New York: Fireside (Simon and Schuster), 1978.

Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. Living with Death and Dying. New York: Touchstone (Simon and Schuster), 1981.

Lattanzi-Licht, Marcia, John Mahoney, and Galen Miller. The Hospice Choice: In Pursuit of a Peaceful Death. New York: Fireside (Simon and Schuster), 1998.

McPhelimy, Lynn. In the Checklist of Life: A Working Book to Help You Live & Leave Life. A. A. I. P. Pub. Co., 1998.

Nuland, Sherwin. How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

Ray, M. Catherine. I'm With You Now: A Guide Through Incurable Illness for Patients, Families, and Friends. New York: Bantam Books, 1997.

Weenolsen, Patricia. The Art of Dying. New York: St. Martin' s Press, 1996

Books about dying for children

Hitchcock, R. Tim's Dad: A Story about a Boy Whose Father Dies. Springfield, Illinois: Human Services, 1988.

Holden, L. D. Gran-Gran's Best Trick: A story for children who have lost someone they love. New York: Magination, 1989.

Krementz, Jill. How It Feels When a Parent Dies. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

LeShan, Ed. Learning to Say Good-bye: When a Parent Dies. New York: Macmillan, 1976.

O'Toole, Donna. Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope. Burnsville, North Carolina: Celo Press, 1988.

Vigna, J. Saying Good-Bye to Daddy. Morton Grove, Illinois: Albert Whitman, 1991.