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Virginia Advanced Medical Directive  

   

AARP Grief and Loss
Toll-free Support Line (866) 797-2277

Administration on Aging

Alzheimer’s Association
Blue Ridge Chapter (540) 563-1618
Toll-Free (800) 272-3900

American Cancer Society
Toll-Free (800) ACS-2345

American Hospital Association
www.putitinwriting.org
English/Spanish website that provides consumers and providers with information on advance directives. Contains downloadable information, instructions, and wallet cards. Also provides links to other related resources.

Children of Aging Parents
Toll-free (800) 227-7294

Council of Community Services
Roanoke (540) 985-0131
Toll-free (800) 354-3388

Eldercare Locator
Toll-free (800) 677-1116

Family Caregiver Alliance
National (415) 434-3388

Good Samaritan Hospice
Roanoke  (540) 776-0198
New River Valley (540) 381-3171
Toll-free (888) 466-7809

Palliative Care Partnership of the Roanoke Valley
www.pcprv.org; 540-776-0198 or 540-224-4753

LOA (League of Older Americans) Area Agency on Aging
Roanoke (540) 345-0451
New River Valley (540) 980-7720

National Alliance for Caregiving
National (301) 718-8444

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
National (703) 837-1500

Red Cross Care-giving Courses
Roanoke (540) 985-3550

Seniors Site

Senior Navigator

 

"I appreciate the value of hospice each and every time we walk together with a patient through the dying process.  We cannot cure every disease, but we can do much to control pain and other symptoms and help patients and families know that we care." 

William A. Fintel, M.D., Medical Director

 
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