Hospice Services
Hospice and palliative care services for patients and their caregivers needing care and support during the final stages of life. Our team of compassionate and expertly trained professionals is dedicated to promoting wellness at the end of life, as well as preventing and treating distressing symptoms or conditions that might otherwise threaten the quality of life for patients and families. We strive to provide quality services that are sensitive to the values, interests, capabilities and needs of those we serve, wherever they may be located - in their own home or in a long-term care facility. Services include: Grief and Loss Counseling, Palliative Care Consultation Program, AIDS Case Management Program, and other hospice services. Hospice by the Bay
Marin County: (415) 927-2273
San Francisco & Northern San Mateo Counties: (415) 626-5900
Sonoma County: (707) 935-7504
Visit the local Hospice program in your area, or support programs through your local hospital.
Books
• Who Dies?–An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying – Stephen and Ondrea Levine
• Tear Soup, Pat Schweibert (a most beautiful and sweet "children's" book for adults to support grieving)
• On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
• On Death and Dying - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
• On Life After Death - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Caroline Myss
• Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying – Patricia Kelley, Maggie Callanan
• The Hospice Handbook: A Complete Guide - Larry Beresford, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson - Mitch Albom
• Healing into Life and Death – Stephen Levine
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying – Sogyal Rinpoche
• Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying – And Exploration of Consciousness – His Holiness The Dalai Lama
• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema Chödron
• The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times – Pema Chödron
• A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as if it Were Your Last – Stephen Levine
Tapes & CDs
• Being a Compassionate Companion: Teachings, Stories and Practical Wisdom for Those Accompanying Someone Who is Dying (3 Tape Audio Series)
– Frank Ostaseski, Founder, Zen Hospice Project
To Order: Zen Hospice Project (415) 863-2910
• Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying (2 CD set and booklet)
– Michael Stillwater, Gary Remal Malkin, Sam Keen
To
Order: www.amazon.com, or www.gracefulpassages.com
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