What We Do

We can help you

If you or someone you know needs information and support related to end-of-life options, End of Life Washington can help.

We can offer support for:

• Talking to your loved ones about dying.
• Making decisions about what you want at the end of life.
• Talking to your medical provider about hospice, palliative care, and pain management.
• Finding hospice providers.
• Understanding all options to achieve a peaceful death including  Washington’s Death with Dignity Act and Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED).

The Washington Death With Dignity Act

The act allows terminally ill adults to request a prescription for life-ending medication from a medical provider. Patients must be Washington State residents, have less than six months to live, be capable of making an informed decision, and have the ability to self-administer the prescribed medication.

We can offer:

• Information and guidance through the process.
• Help with talking to your doctors about Death with Dignity.
• Assistance locating participating medical providers and pharmacists for clients.
• Personal support and presence at the time of using the Death with Dignity Act.

How We Help

End of Life Washington offers the following:

• Free client support resources.
• Tools and Planning Advance Directive forms.
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia Advance Directive forms.
• POLST (Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) forms.
• Additional Advance Directive documents and information.
• WonderFile (file organizer with end-of-life planning documents).
• Presentations on End-of-life care planning, Advance Directives, and Washington’s Death with Dignity Act.

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