Advance Directive

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
• POLST Resources, Webinars and FAQs
• NJ Goals of Care POLST Video Series
• Communication with Your Family and Your Doctor about Your Wishes - American College of Emergency Physicians
• Caring Connections - National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization

• End of Life Care in NJ Hospitals: A Blueprint for Action
• End of Life: Caring for Your Dying Loved One - Mayo Clinic
• End-of-Life Care for Children With Terminal Illness - Nemours Foundation
• If You or Someone You Love is Very Ill...Ask Tough Questions - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• 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
• Holy Name Medical Center
• 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.