End of Life
PLANNING FOR END OF LIFE CARE
Hospice of the Champlain Valley
1110 Prim Road
Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: 802-658-1900
A program to provide care to terminally ill persons and their families in their home. Part of the VNA
Vermont Ethics Network
89 Main Street
Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620
Phone: 802-828-2909
Publishes "Taking Steps" booklet which provides information on Advance Directives such as a Living Will or Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. Advanced Directives are used to guide your medical care when you cannot speak for yourself. Vermont standard form for DPOA and Living Will along with worksheets to assist with decision making are included.
American Bar Association
Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly
740 Fifteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-1022
Phone:202-662-8690
Website offers information by state on advanced directives, living wills and durable powers of attorney. Downloadable booklet on Health Care Advance Directives.
Vermont Respite House
PO Box 954
63 Talcott Road
Williston, VT 05495
Phone: 802-879-0943
A home for individuals who are terminally ill.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Helps veterans and their spouses arrange for burial plots.
For Vermont go to vfwadjvt@innevi.com
For New York go to stateadjutant@yahoo.com
For other states click here
For a list of Resources on Palliative and End of Life Care click here, scroll down to the list of topics, and then click on "Elder Health".
Palliative Care Program at Fletcher Allen Health Care
Phone: 802-847-2345
Offers a full spectrum of palliative care services to hospitalized patients facing the end-of-life as well as their family and friends. Consults can be requested by any hospital staff involved in patientīs care as well as the patient or the family directly.
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