Patient Palliative Care

Resources

• The Colorado Palliative Care Guide provides support for people living with serious illness and their loved ones:
  • 2022 Colorado Palliative Care Guide (English)
    • Section 1: You are diagnosed with a serious illness - now what? (PDF)
    • Section 2: Living with serious illness. (PDF)
    • Section 3: Changing goals of care. (PDF)
    • Complete English Guide (PDF)
  • 2022 Colorado Palliative Care Guide (Spanish) (PDF)
    • Sección 1: Le Han Diagnosticado Una Enfermedad Grave. ¿Y ahora qué? (PDF)
    • Sección 2: Viva con una enfermedad grave. (PDF)
    • Sección 3: Cómo adaptar los objetivos de atención. (PDF)
    • Complete Spanish Guide (PDF)

Email Cordt T. Kassner, PhD at CKassner@HospiceAnalytics.com with any questions or feedback about the guide.

• The Get Palliative Care website is provided by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). It provides clear, comprehensive palliative care information for people living with a serious illness. The website includes:
  • a Palliative Care Provider Directory
  • a downloadable handout Palliative Care: What You Should Know available in English and Spanish
  • detailed descriptions of what palliative care does and how to get it
  • an interactive 5 question quiz to help you decide if palliative care might be right for you or a loved one
• The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Caring Info website offers national resources on palliative care, advanced care planning, and caregiver support.
• The National Institute on Aging website explains the difference between palliative care and hospice in English and Spanish.
• The Palliative Doctors website contains information and resources on palliative and hospice care. This site includes patient stories illustrating how palliative care can improve quality of life.
• The Kaiser Permanente website includes information about what palliative care is and how it can benefit you.
• Atul Gawande, a leading palliative care physician explains palliative care and the importance of having conversations on goals of care in the Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End video. (YouTube)