Welcome to Our Grief, End-of-Life & Caregiver Media Library
Featured Media
The Baker Funeral Handbook
The Baker Funeral Handbook is a practical End-of-life planning resource for families and faith leaders, with guidance for funeral planning, burial planning, planning a memorial service, and supporting a grieving family.
The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
This book brings hospice support and palliative care into focus through Dr. Byock's work with patients and families navigating serious illness and end-of-life planning. Written with both clinical observation and deep compassion, it examines clear communication, comfort-focused choices, and the family communication and advocacy that allows patients to approach the end of life with dignity and relief. The book speaks to patients, family members, and caregivers seeking a practical lens on quality of life at end of life - supporting them as patient advocates and family advocates working toward meaningful connection.
Do Not Ignore Your Mortality
A practical guide to preparing for end of life with clarity instead of avoidance. A funeral and financial insider, Greg Barnsdale demystifies death, funeral, and burial planning alongside estate and legacy decisions — offering a real-world checklist so your loved ones aren't left guessing.
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
A foundational resource for grief support, hospice support and palliative care, and end-of-life planning, this book helps families and caregivers better understand the emotional realities of dying with greater honesty, compassion, and clarity.
Diagnosis Dementia: Your Guide for Eldercare Planning and Crisis Management
This book offers steady, practical guidance for families navigating Alzheimer's and dementia caregiving after a diagnosis, when decision making, dementia care planning, and deep emotions often arrive all at once. Drawing on the author's lived experience with her mother, it walks through eldercare planning, crisis management, and the layers of caregiver support families often piece together themselves — from in-home and geriatric support to coordinating with home health agencies and palliative care teams, and stepping into the role of patient or family advocate within compassionate health care. The book speaks to adult children, spouses, and close family members stepping into early end-of-life planning, helping them take steady steps forward as care needs change over time.