Advance Care Resources
What is end-of-life planning?
According to the National Institute of Health, end-of-life planning may include making choices about the following:
- Pain and symptom management
- Advance care planning and directives
- Effective, accessible treatments
- Strategies that will increase quality of life
- Palliative and hospice care
- Where you wish to spend your final days
Resources
While SERS cannot advise you on specific topics related to end-of-life preparation, we can direct you to several resources that may helpful.
Advance Care Directive
Your local Area Agency on Aging
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives
Advance Care Toolkits
Center for Practical Bioethics (Caring Conversations)
Elder Abuse Prevention and Reporting
Check with your county’s Department of Job and Family Services.
Extended Care
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
For Caregivers
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Insurance
Ohio Senior Health Insurance Information Program
Illness-Specific
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Heart Failure Society of America
Legal Resources
AssistGuide Information Services
Ohio State Legal Services Association (OSLSA)
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Meal Delivery
Organ Donation
American Society of Transplantation
Department of Health and Human Services
Region-Specific
Ohio Department of Aging (1-800-266-4346)
Central
Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (1-800-589-7277)
Franklin County Office on Aging (614-525-5230)
Northeast
Direction Home of Eastern Ohio (1-800-686-7367)
Direction Home: Akron and Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities (1-800-421-7277)
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging (216-621-0303)
Northwest
Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, Inc (1-800-472-7277)
Southeast
Buckeye Hills Regional Council Aging and Disability (1-800-331-2644)
Southwest
Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (1-800-252-0155)
West
Area Agency on Aging (1-800-258-7277)
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley (1-800-300-2937)
