Counsels patients and families on end-of-life choices, including medical aid in dying (MAiD) and voluntary stopping eating and drinking (VSED)
Provides support and guidance to qualifying terminally ill individuals seeking to use the WA Death With Dignity Act. Educates the public, physicians, and legislators on end-of-life issues and patients' rights.

Support Services offered at End of Life Washington

Counsels patients and families on issues such as symptom management, hospice care and end-of-life choices. 
Educates the public, physicians and legislators on end-of-life issues and patients' rights.

Organizations or programs which focus on the topic of death and/or the process of dying and which may provide information about death and dying from different historical, philosophical, spiritual, religious, medical or mental health perspectives through classes, workshops, speakers, printed materials, or other modalities which may assist interested people to develop their own way of viewing and dealing with these experiences.

Death and Dying Education/Information

Programs that provide information and guidance for individuals who need assistance in the area of law which relates to the rights and needs of older adults, especially in the areas of age discrimination, consumer fraud, estate planning and management, living trusts, trust administration, probate, property law, retirement planning, pension benefits, Social Security benefits, Medicaid and Medicare, disability planning, long-term care alternatives, health care decisions, elder abuse, guardianships and conservatorships.

Elder Law

Organizations that promote death with dignity laws which support the right of terminally ill people to end their lives in a planned manner either by active means e.g., physician-assisted dying or by the removal of life support per a signed medical directive.

Death With Dignity Advocacy Groups

Multidisciplinary programs that specialize in the treatment of individuals who have chronic, severe pain of organic origin that has not responded to medical or surgical therapy. Treatment is individualized and may include occupational therapy, muscle relaxation, behavior modification, stress management, biofeedback, psychological and psychosocial counseling, nutrition counseling, food allergy testing, exercise programs and a variety of physical intervention techniques including electrical stimulation of selected peripheral nerves and laser biostimulation.

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Support Services offered at End of Life Washington