The resources below offer practical, straightforward guidance for those facing the challenges of caregiving, end-of-life preparation, and grief.

No fluff, just helpful, actionable support.

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  • A Grievers Guide To Major Days

    Major days, such as holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, and deathiversaries, can be especially difficult and emotional when you have survived the loss of a loved one. Discover ways to make these days easier and deal with any surprises that come up.

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  • A Guide to Better Sleep for Caregivers & Grievers

    Tips and suggestions on how to make sleep more manageable while caring for a seriously ill loved one or grieving a loss.

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  • Family Caregiver Position Description

    A position description to help families and healthcare professionals alike understand what a family caregiver really does (from a former healthcare CEO).

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  • 10 Caregiver Self-Care Tips

    Includes: tips on how to get through challenging days, suggestions for when friends and neighbors offer to help, ideas to help calm and energize yourself, and resources to utilize so you don't feel alone (because you're not).

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  • At Peace Toolkit

    The At Peace Toolkit is your guide to being at peace with end of life. This expansive packet walks you through setting up the medical ID on your smartphone, establishing your advance healthcare directives, organizing administrative details, and starting conversations with loved ones.

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  • Art Journal Prompts

    Are you looking for a way to document your experience creatively? "Art Journaling” is just about whatever you want or need it to be. These prompts share some of the methods, concepts and thoughts I have derived from and put into my art journaling.

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  • Precious Time Implementation Guide

    This implementation guide shows healthcare professionals how to communicate the reality of the end-of-life situation to patients and their families.

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Here some helpful, trustworthy resources to complement the material in my book Care Boss: Leadership Strategies & Resources for Family Caregivers

With several different social medial platforms and places, I thought I would provide searchable information for you to find each of these resources. Because Instagram is one of my platforms of choice, you will find that most of these have accounts there.

Family Caregiving General

  • Aisha Adkins

  • Aging with a Plan – Jenna Rumberger

  • Archangels

  • Badass Advocate – Erin Mulqueen Gaylean

  • Barry Jacobs (with AARP)

  • Career & Caregiving Collide – Jessica C. Guthrie

  • Caregiver Coach

  • Caregiver Talks

  • Caregiver Warrior

  • Caregiving Advice – Michelle Seitzer

  • The Caregiving Circle – Ayanna Swain

  • The Caregiving Crew

  • Caregiving Philosophy – Lani

  • The Caregiving Space

  • Caregiving Support

  • Caring Across Generations

  • Credit for Caring

  • Christina Keys

  • Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver

  • Finding a Foothold – Consuela Marshall

  • Happy Healthy Caregiver – Elizabeth Miller

  • Help Texts

  • Support Now

  • Will Gather – Nicole Will

  • Whole Care Network

Palliative Care

  • C. Elizabeth Dougherty

  • End Well

  • Jared Rubenstein, MD

  • Matthew Tyler, MD

  • Nathan Gray, MD

  • Pallimed

  • Sammy Winemaker, MD

  • Your Palliative PA – Tracey Piparo, PA

  • The Waiting Room Revolution

End-of-Life Planning

  • After Light – Rachel Donnelly

  • The Conversation Project & Five Wishes

  • The Death Deck

  • End in Mind Project

  • Funeralocity

  • Get Your Sh*t Together - Chanel Reynolds

  • Your ELDR

  • Every1 Dies

  • Join Cake

  • Lantern

  • 820 Foundation

Dementia Care

  • Be Light Care – Adria Thompson

  • Blamb.md - Brittany Lamb, MD

  • Career Caregiving Collide – Jessica C. Guthrie

  • Dementia Darling – Carrie Aalberts

  • Dementia Care Blazers – Natali Edmonds, PsyD

  • Dementia Nutrition – Molly

  • Dementia Spring – not for profit organization

  • Dementia Success Path – Krista Montague, CDP

  • Mom of My Mom – Jacqueline Revere

  • A Sweeter Course – Rebecca Wellner

  • Teepa Snow

  • Your Dementia Therapist – Mary Osborne

Hospice & End of Life

  • The Hospice Heart – Gabrielle Jimenez

  • Hospice Navigator – Helen Bauer, RN

  • BK Books - Barbara Karnes, RN

  • Nurse Hadley – Hadley Vhalos, RN

  • Hospice Nurse Julie – Julie McFadden, RN

  • Hospice Nurse Penny – Penny Smith, RN

  • Doulagivers - Suzanne O’Brien, RN

Chronic Conditions

  • Chronically Candid Memes

  • The Chronically Honest

  • Chronic Illness Humor

  • Dear Chronic Pain – Cheryl Marker

Search for specific illnesses, conditions, locations, and questions to match appropriate resources. Consider the sources, check credentials, and stick with reputable, respectable organizations and experts such as national specialty societies, board certified physicians, licensed healthcare professionals, etc.

Grief & Loss

  • Child Life Grief Notes – Suzanne

  • Empowered through Grief – Marie-Claude Goudreau

  • Get Griefy – Kera Sanchez

  • The Grief Space

  • The Karuna Project – Claudia Coenen

  • The Memory Circle – Barri Leiner

  • Modern Loss

  • Dying Well

  • The Death Deck

  • My Resilient Journey

  • Open to Hope Foundation

  • Help Texts

  • Hope Edelman

  • Claire Bidwell Smith

  • Untangled Grief

  • Grief Unraveled

  • Grief and Grits

  • Grief is a Sneaky Bitch – Lisa Keefauver

  • Sibling.Loss

  • Sibling Grief Club

  • Siblings Grieve Too

  • Annie Sklaver Orenstein - Sibling loss

  • Project Eileen

  • Refuge in Grief – Megan Devine

Widowed People

  • A2Z Healing Toolbox – Susan Hannifin McNab

  • The Bounce Back Widow – Maya Dionne

  • Forced Joy Project – Dana Frost

  • John Polo

  • Modern Widows Club

  • Soaring Spirits International

  • Widow 180 – Jen Zwinck

  • Widow 411 – Kim Murray

  • Widows Helping Widows – The W Connection

  • Widows in the Workplace – Jodie LaVoie

  • Widower’s Journey – Herb Knoll

  • Widow’s Wallet – Tina Murphy

  • Widow We Do Now – Anita & Mel

  • Windblown Widow – JoAnn