Here are some resources we have found that are often helpful to IoH families. Please note that this list was compiled in the summer of 2021, and if you have others to add, we would love to hear from you! Send us your best resources at: info@inheritanceofhope.org
General cancer:
https://www.patientresource.com/home.aspx
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer
Legacy building:
https://leadershipfreak.blog/2014/03/04/10-ways-to-build-powerful-legacy-now/
Resources and help:
https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/financial-considerations/financial-resources
Financial advice:
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/managing-care/track-care-costs
https://www.patientresource.com/Financial_Resources.aspx
General, comprehensive websites good for terminal illness:
End Well: https://endwellproject.org/about/
End With Care: https://www.endwithcare.org/
Canadian virtual hospice: http://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home.aspx
Caregivers:
Camp Kesem: https://www.campkesem.org/
Camp Erin: https://elunanetwork.org/camps-programs/camp-erin/
A good blog featuring stories from people diagnosed with various cancers: https://www.curetoday.com/community
Clinical trials: https://clinicaltrials.gov/
Talking to children about a parent’s terminal illness:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/well/family/talking-to-children-about-terminal-illness.html
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000848.html
Funerals:
For planning: everplans.com
Good for how to involve kids:
https://www.kchospice.org/preparing-kids-funeral/
Basic good tips for kids and funerals:
https://www.funeralbasics.org/walking-child-through-funeral-9-tips-parents/
https://www.griefhealing.com/column-explaining-the-funeral-to-your-children.htm
https://www.scarymommy.com/help-child-understand-death-funeral/
Support for widowed spouses:
Modern Widows’ Club: https://modernwidowsclub.org
Modern Widowers’ Club: https://modernwidowsclub.org/communities/widowers-community/
Offers various types of online support and a community who understands.
