Resources Alzheimer’s Association. “Stages of Alzheimer’s.” https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/stages Caring Info, a program of the National Alliance for Care at Home. “Types of Care.” https://www.caringinfo.org/types-of-care/ Center to Advance Palliative Care. “America’s Readiness to Meet the Needs of People with Serious Illness: 2024 Serious Illness Scorecard, August 2024. https://scorecard.capc.org/ Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Find and Compare Providers Near You Hospice.” https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/guidedSearch=Hospice&providerType=Hospice Family Caregiver Alliance. “Pathways to Effective Communication for Health Care Providers and Caregivers.” https://www.caregiver.org/resource/pathways-effective-communication-healthcare-providers-and-caregivers/ Get Palliative Care, provided by Center to Advance Palliative Care. “Palliative Care: What You Should Know,” 2019. https://getpalliativecare.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GPC_WhatYouShouldKnowHandout_2019.pdf Hospice Foundation of America, “When Death is Near: Signs and Symptoms.” https://hospicefoundation.org/when-death-is-near-signs-and-symptoms/ Karnes, Barbara. Gone From My Sight: The Dying Experience, rev. ed. Vancouver: BK Books, 2024. https://bkbooks.com/ National Institute on Aging. “Providing Care and Comfort at the End of Life.” https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/end-life/providing-care-and-comfort-end-life The Conversation Project, an initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. “Your Guide to Choosing a Health Care Proxy.” 2021. https://theconversationproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ChooseAProxyGuide.pdf