Helpful Resources

Grief is a very personal experience. At Heartford Hospice, we understand that no two people grieve the same way, but in a shared experience, there is an opportunity for understanding and healing.

Join Heartford’s chaplain, Suzanne Barone, MA, on the third Tuesday of each month for a Grief Support Group: Living Through Loss.

Register Here

Five Wishes is a living will (also called an advance directive) that talks about your personal, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as your medical wishes. It lets you choose the person you want to make health care decisions for you if you are not able to make them for yourself.

Click here to view a sample document.

Visit this website to purchase and complete your Five Wishes document.

Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a medical order that helps give people with serious illness more control over  their care during a medical emergency. POLST can help make sure you get the care you want, and also protect you from getting medical treatments you DO NOT want.

Click here to download your free POLST form.

A do-not-resuscitate order is a medical order indicating that a person should not receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation if that person’s heart stops beating.

Click here to download your free DNR form.