Maine Share
The Maine Hospice Council is a Maine Share workplace. Maine Share funds 34 statewide organizations including the Maine Hospice Council addressing environmental, economic opportunity, peace and justice, cultural diversity, the arts, and health service issues. Enroll your workplace online at www.maineshare.org or contact us directly: P.O. Box 2095, Augusta, ME 04338 (207) 622-0105; 1 Pleasant Street, Portland, ME 04101 (207) 772-9824.
Partnership of Prescription Assistance
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them. Many will get them free or nearly free. Its mission is to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment of those who are eligible. Through this site, the Partnership for Prescription Assistance offers a single point of access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 150 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies. To access the Partnership for Prescription Assistance by phone, you can call toll-free, 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669).
Alliance of State Pain Initiatives
The (ASPI) is a national network of interdisciplinary, state-based organizations dedicated to transforming the culture of pain care. State Pain Initiatives are typically volunteer groups composed of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, patient advocates, and members of clergy, government, and higher education who are working to improve the quality of pain care.
Maine Links
- Cancer Community Center
- An Act To Amend the Maine Medical Marijuana Act
- Center for Grieving Children
- Hospice Education Institute
- Maine Bioethics Network
- Maritime Challenge Foundation
- Rx Cares for Maine
- Two Roads Maine
National Links
- Aging with Dignity
- ALS Association
- Alzheimer Society
- American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Hospice Foundation
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- American Pain Foundation
- Before I Die
- Cancer Links: End of Life Issues, Hospice Care and Wills
- Caring Connections — NHPCO’s new consumer focused website
- Catholic Hospice: Serving People of All Faiths
- Center for Practical Bioethics
- Center to Advance Palliative Care
- Center to Improve Care of the Dying
- Completing a Life
- Decisions About End of Life Care: JAMA Article (PDF document)
- Defining Wellness Through End of Life (Dr. Ira Byock)
- What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare Program (Duke University 2007 Study)
- End of Life Care for Children
- End of Life Care in HIV/AIDS
- End of Life Physician Education Resource Center
- End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project
- EPEC Project
- Finding Our Way: Living and Dying in America
- Goold Health Systems
- Growth House
- The Hastings Center
- Hospice Foundation of America
- Hospice Resources
- Improving End of Life Care with Complementary Therapies in Hospice (an article from Final Thoughts)
- In Support of Life: Comfort & Hope for the Dying
- Innovations in End of Life Care: an internet Journal
- Live Campaign — “It’s About How You Live”
- Medic Alert Foundation
- Mesothelioma Website
- National Adult Day Services Association
- National Center for Ethics in Health Care
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
- Nursing Leadership Academy
- On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying
- Palliative Care Nursing Network
- Palliative Care Policy Center
- Partners Against Pain
- Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Principals of Care of Patients at the End of Life
- Project on Death in America: Transforming the Culture of Dying
- Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- State Initiatives in End of Life Care: Policy Guide for State Legislators
- Supportive Care of the Dying: A Coalition for Compassionate Care
- Surfing the Changing Tides of Hospice Care: HospiceResources.Net
- TIME: Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life
- Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End of Life
- Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
- VA Hospice and Palliative Care Initiative
