The Shira Ruskay Center

Below is a list of Web sites which provide substantive content and many have excellent lists of additional sites and resources.

For Consumers and Professionals

Rita J. Kaplan Jewish Connections Programs
Website of the Rita J. Kaplan Jewish Connections Programs of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services in NYC. It is the home of the SRC.
www.jcprograms.org

National Center for Jewish Healing
An organization that helps individuals and communities better meet the spiritual needs of Jews living with illness, loss and other significant life challenges.
www.ncjh.org

Rabbi Isaac N. Training Bikur Cholim Coordinating Council
The Council offers consultation, training, resource materials, workshops and an annual conference for professionals and lay leaders around the issue of bikur cholim. The website includes a directory of local bikur cholim resources.
www.bikurcholimcc.org

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
www.aahpm.org

National Family Caregivers Association
(800) 896-3650 (toll free)
(301) 942-6430 (direct line)
www.nfcacares.org

National Alliance for Caregiving
www.caregiving.org

Excellent needs assessment tool as well as other helpful information
www.getcare.com

National Organization for Rare Disorders
(800) 999-6673 (toll free)
(203) 746-6518 (direct line)
www.rarediseases.org

Aging With Dignity
Produced "Five Wishes," a tool to communicate patients wishes
www.agingwithdignity.org

AARP
www.aarp.org

American Pain Foundation
www.painfoundation.org

Elder Law Answers
www.elderlawanswers.com

Moyers on Dying Channel Thirteen
Excellent resource list as well as other useful information
www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms

LastChapters - Sharing stories about people who are facing death or chronic illnesses
www.lastchapters.org

Caring Bridge - Free, personalized websites that support and connect loved ones during critical illness, treatment and recovery
http://www.caringbridge.org

United Hospital Fund - offers guides and checklists for family caregivers (in English and Spanish) and three specifically for providers, with additional materials
www.nextstepincare.org

Michigan State University
www.completingalife.msu.edu

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
All state Advance Directives forms will be available on this site
www.caringinfo.org

Growthhouse: www.growthhouse.org
Inter-Institutional Collaborating Network On End-of-life Care (IICN)

Americans for Better Care of the Dying
(202)895-2660
www.abcd-caring.org

Medicare Rights Center
www.medicarerights.org

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
www.cms.hhs.gov

Ritualwell - Ceremonies for Jewish Living
www.ritualwell.org

The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
www.clal.org

Jewish Home Lifecare System
www.jewishhome.org

Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org

The Jewish Healing and Hospice Alliance of UJA Federation of New York
http://www.ujafedny.org/end-of-life

Canadian Virtual Hospice
www.virtualhospice.ca

JCC in Manhattan
www.jccmanhattan.org

JCC of Staten Island
www.sijcc.org

Plaza Jewish Community Chapel
www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org

Primarily for Professionals

Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
www.rwjf.org

Brookdale Center on Aging
www.brookdale.org

Dying Well — Website for Dr. Ira Byock
www.dyingwell.org

Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
www.promotingexcellence.org

The Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health - an educational training center for all people committed to spirituality and healing
www.huc.edu/kalsman

Jewish Spiritual Support and Information

Healing psalms - a collection of beautiful prayers/poems from contemporary psalmist, Debbie Perlman
www.healingpsalm.com

Union of Reform Judaism - section contains material related to Jewish family concerns.
www.urj.org/jfc/

United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism - section contains articles introducing Jewish views on health related issues including living wills.
www.uscj.org/health_issues5432.html

My Jewish Learning
www.myjewishlearning.com/lifecycle/Death/Dying.htm

CLAL - section has a series of meditations and rituals related to loss, illness and healing
www.clal.org/j1a_index.html

Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism - an organization to help professionals and consumers draw upon Jewish tradition to enhance and ennoble the lives of Jews as they age.
www.hiddur.org

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