Compassion & Choices – A leading nonprofit committed to helping people have the best death possible.  Free counseling, planning, referrals, guidance. No Forms.  Also active in many states lobbying for better end-of-life laws.

American Bar Association/Commission on Law and Aging.  The American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging has an excellent advance directive form that is usable in most states. Remember, when executing (making legal) an advance directive your state’s rules must be followed. See Finalization for more information.

The ABA has a special page for agents/proxies:  Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else – A How-to Guide:

Coalition for Compassionate Care of California –  Good information, a workbook, and several advance directive forms, including a simple one.

Center for Practical Bioethics –  A very good workbook with a particularly enlightening page on Eating and Drinking including alerts about artificial feeding and IV (intravenous) fluids.  Advance health care directive form included.

End of Life Choices California – Volunteers help with advance care planning discussions as well as navigating California’s End of Life Option Act.

American Clinician’s Academy on Medical Aid in Dying. Acts as broker for finding participating doctors for California’s End of Life Option Act.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization –  Its focus is hospice care – improving care at the end of life.  It’s Caring Connections website contains advance directives for each state.

Final Exit Network – Core mission is to provide information, education, and emotional support and comfort to competent adults in their own self deliverance from intolerable suffering.   It does not provide means to end one’s life, nor actively assist in a person’s death. Their attorney is willing to bring legal actions against those who will not honor their Supplemental Advance Directive for Dementia Care.

Exit International is unique in the right to die movement in that the organization sees a ‘good death’ as a fundamental human right, rather than a medical privilege reserved only for the terminally ill.  Subscribers to the “Peaceful Pill Handbook” can access unique online conversations on end of life (EOL) issues. Exit International gives information on inert gases and particularly on acquiring, assembling and using equipment for nitrogen inhalation.

Hemlock Society of San Diego.  Free educational public meetings are held each  month and are open to the public.  Sign up here https://HemlockSocietySanDiego.org to be notified of events.

Caring Advocates  Dr. Stanley Terman’s website.  He has two books listed in the Books & Articles  resource page.

Bill Simmons does not endorse or warrant the efficacy of the forms contained in some of the sources listed above.  They present various points of view.  Some of these resources are also intentionally mentioned in Organizations and Books & Articles