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 physician 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 physicians. 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 physicians 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 (Physician 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.
Grief Support
Overview of what End of Life WA can do for you
End of Life Washington is a statewide organization that supports people preparing for their final days. We advocate for the right to a peaceful death. There is never a fee for our services.
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Thank You.
“Thank you for everything you did. The support and information you provided was invaluable. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.”