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1	Americans for Better Care of the Dying We can change what people face as they come to the end of life. Every dying person needs to be able to count on excellent care. Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD) aims to improve end-of-life care by learning which social and political changes will lead to enduring, efficient, and effective programs. We work with the public, clinicians, policymakers, and other end-of-life organizations to make change happen.	1570
2	End of Life Choices End of Life Choices works for the freedom to choose a dignified death and for individual control concerning death. They support the right of terminally ill, mentally competent adults to hasten death under careful safeguards.	1373
3	Five Wishes - Living Will Five Wishes lets your family and doctors know: - Who you want to make health care decisions for you when you can't make them. - The kind of medical treatment you want or don't want. - How comfortable you want to be. - How you want people to treat you. - What you want your loved ones to know. Five Wishes has become America’s most popular living will because it is written in everyday language and helps start and structure important conversations about care in times of serious illness.	491
4	Hospice Foundation of America HFA assists those who cope either personally or professionally with terminal illness, death, and the process of grief.	1331
5	WidowNet An information and self-help resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people, of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.	1497
6	Interregnum Inc. Finding Life After Loss When a loved one passes away, life as we knew it before no longer exists. And although our world has turned upside down, we are expected to carry on with our day-to-day lives. Interregnum professionals comprehend just how difficult this is, and offer a unique program that provides the support and knowledge needed to better understand grief and move forward during this tumultuous time. Contact: P.O. Box 410,Montville, NJ 07045 Phone: 973-224-6900	136

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Greg Henson Pop Music

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The WSA is pleased and excited about a fundraising project one of our friends has undertaken. Greg Henson, singer/songwriter, has just released “Pop Music,” an album dedicated to raising funds for the Well Spouse Association and The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

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The Most Loving Thing

By Dizzy -- WSA Support Group Leader, Forum and WSA Member

A year ago today I walked out of the assisted living community without her. It was quiet--deeply quiet--walking alone to my rented car and driving away. Away. A dreadful word loomed just beyond my sense of exhaustion, relief and freedom. I didn't think about it head-on, but it lurked there waiting. Abandonment.

A series of illness had hijacked her, and me, and dropped us in a strange land. Her with dementia, me with my own madness for which I have no name. It is the madness of loss--loss of a lovely home, a good job, friends, family, retirement, travel, community, intimacy, companionship--peace.

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