Resources

For ideas on how to invite people to play Hello with you, visit our getting started page.

Resources for talking about end of life issues

Taking time to read and think about life, death, and dying can help get you ready to play Hello.

Top pick: If you’re struggling to know what to say to a friend that is facing a serious diagnosis or loss of a loved one, we know of no better resource than the book There Is No Good Card For This by Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell.

• Help Each Other Out is a growing collective of people embracing the idea that being there for others is often easier than we think, it can be learned, and that it matters.
• Before I Die wall
• “Dying with Dignity and the Last Word on Her Life” (article)
• “Scott Simon, on Sharing His Mother’s Final Moments on Twitter” (article)
• Healthcare Directive Terminology
• Explanation of Living Will, Advance Directive, Power of Attorney

Resources for Advance Care Planning

• Advance Directives (US)
• Healthcare Proxy forms vary by country and state. Search for “Healthcare Proxy” and your state or country for more info. 

Additional resources

These resources can help you continue the conversation and take steps toward better end of life planning.

• The Aging Population: End-of-Life Planning and Advanced Directives (infographic created by Bradley University’s Online Nurse Practitioner Program)
• Death & Design (A Common Practice blog that highlights groups working to unhide death)
• The Conversation Project
• Get Your Shit Together
• The Best Care Possible (book)
• “Advance Care Planning, Preferences for Care at the End of Life” (report)
• “Facing Death: Facts and Figures” (statistics)
• “Brain Injury – Coma: Some Facts” (statistics)
• “A Kinder, Gentler Death” (article)
• “Families Haunted by End of Life Decisions” (article)
• “Pulling the Plug: ICU ‘culture’ key to life or death decision” (article)
• “Weighing the Chances at Life’s End” (article)
• “How Doctors Die: Showing Others the Way” (article)
• “The Bitter End” (podcast)

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