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Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services - provides oversight of hospice programs through the regulations and survey of Missouri hospice licensure and Medicare Certification.
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Phone: 573-751-6336
Home Health/Hospice Hotline: 800-392-0210 (to be used for filing complaints)
Website: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/Hospice/index.html
Missouri End of Life Coalition is a statewide collaborative community based coalition to address issues facing Missourians at the end of life. The Coalition is comprised of health care providers and their assications, state regulatory agencies and consumers
1420 Hyde Park, Suite A
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Ph: 573-635-4999
Website: http://www.mo-endoflife.org/
Life Choices, is a pubication provided by Office of the Missouri Attorney General to assist with planning for end of life needs.
Office of the Missouri Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
207 W. High Street
PO Box 899
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Ph: 573-751-3321
Website: http://www.ago.mo.gov/publications/ lifechoices/lifechoices.htm
Caring Connections , a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer and communty engagement initiative to improve care at the ned of life.
HelpLine: 800-658-8898
Spanish HelpLine: 877-658-8896
Email: caringinfo@nhpco.org
Website: http://www.caringinfo.org/
National Hospice and Palliative Care Association, the largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professional in the United States is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goals of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.
1700 Diagonal Road #635
Alexandrai, VA 22314
Ph: 800-338-819
Website:
http://www.nhpco.org/templates/1/homepage.cfm
Missouri Bar Association offers a wide variety of services and resources to usupport the legal workof our members and to educate the public, teachers, and the news media.
306 Monroe
PO Box 119
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0119
Ph: 573-35-4128
Website: http://www.mobar.org/
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys assist lawyers, bar organizations and others who work with older clients and their families.
1604 N Country Club road
Tucson, AZ 85716
Ph: 520-881-4005
Website: http://www.naela.com/
Children's Hospice International CHI's ultimate goal is to so ingrain the hospice concept into pediatrics that it isn't considered a separate speciality, rather, an integral part ofhealth care for children and adolsecents.
1101 King Street, Suite 360
Alexandria, VA 22314
Ph: 703-684-0330
Website: http://www.chionline.org/
Center for Practical Bioethics raises and responds to ethical issues in health and health care.
Hartzfeld Building
111 Main Street, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64105-2116
Ph: 800-344-3829
Website: http://www.practicalbioethics.org/
American Hospital Association "Put It in Writing," an advance directive is your life on your terms.
Website:
http://www.putitinwriting.org/putitinwriting_app/index.jsp
Missouri Pain Initiative is an independent organization dedicated to improving the lives of Missouris in pain.
Website: http://www.missouripain.org/
Aging with Dignity - "Five Wishes" document helps you express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself.
Website: http://www.agingwithdignity.org/5wishes.html
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