Resources on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Patients and Families

The decisions that patients and families make regarding palliative and end-of-life care are critical to ensuring that medical treatment and individual quality-of-life wishes are properly carried out. As difficult as it may be, having conversations and documenting decisions will ensure that wishes are honored and care is delivered in an appropriate manner.

The links below provide resources to help educate patients and families on palliative and hospice care.

• Mayors Wellness Campaign’s Conversation of Your Life
• End of Life Planning: The Difficult Conversation Most New Jerseyans Never Have
• The New Jersey Hospital Association (njha.com)
• NJ Goals of Care POLST Video Series
• Advance Care Planning: Advance Directives for Health Care | National Institute on Aging (nih.gov) - American College of Emergency Physicians
• Caring Connections - National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

• Conversation of Your Life (COYL) - New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
• End of Life Care in NJ Hospitals: A Blueprint for Action
• End of life End-of-life care - Mayo Clinic
• Palliative Care - Nemours Children's Health
• Talking with Others About Their End-of-Life Wishes | NHPCO - NHPCO
• Terminal Illness: Interacting with a Terminally Ill Loved One - Mayo Clinic
• Making Medical Decisions for a Loved One at the End of Life - American College of Physicians

• Atlantic Health System: Palliative Care
• AtlantiCare: Hospice & Palliative Care
• Barnabas Health: Home Care and Hospice
• CentraState Healthcare System: Palliative Care Services
• Cooper University Health Care
• Hackensack University Medical Center: Pain and Palliative Care
• Hunterdon Healthcare: Palliative Care
• Inspira Health Network: Palliative Care
• JFK Medical Center: Haven Hospice
• Kennedy Health System: Pain and Palliative Care Services
• Meridian Health: Palliative Care
• Princeton HealthCare System: Hospice Program
• Saint Clare’s Health System: Hospice
• St. Joseph’s Healthcare System: Palliatice Care Medicine
• St. Peter’s Healthcare System: Hospice Program
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center: Palliative Care
• Valley Health System: Palliative Care and Hospice
• Virtua: Palliative Medicine
• Your Life; Your Wishes

The provision of the above links is for informational purposes only, and does not constitute the Department's endorsement of the organization or the content, materials or documents posted on its website, for which each organization is solely responsible.