Resources—Links & Downloads

Watch the Washington State Medical Association’s video “Honoring POLST in Private Homes and Residential Care Settings”

Watch NHPCO’s “Hospice Prognosis and Relatedness: A Conversation About the Care Hospices Provide” video and download the Relatedness algorithm: Download

Relatedness Algorithm

Advance Directives

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)

Apple Health

Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)

CMS Interpretive Guidelines: State Operations Manual Appendix M – Guidance to Surveyors: Hospice

Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP)

Compassion & Choices

The Compassionate Friends, Supporting Family After a Child Dies

Death With Dignity National Center

The Dougy Center

End of Life Washington

Hospice and Home Care Webinar Network

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)

Hospice and the Developmentally Disabled

Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)

Hospice Medicare Benefits

The Joint Commission (JCAHO)

Medicare

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)

Northwest Association for Death Education and Bereavement Support (NWADEBS)

POLST Paradigm

Washington Listens (statewide supportive listening line for people experiencing elevated levels of stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

Washingon Rural Palliative Care Initiative

Washington State Department of Health Home Care Agencies Laws

Washington State Health Care Authority

Washington State Legislature

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