End-of-Life Planning

Helpful tools for planning ahead with dignity and peace of mind

These resources can help you prepare important documents, make your wishes known, and reduce stress for your loved ones. End-of-life planning is not just for the elderly — it's an act of kindness for your family.

Five Wishes

A simple legal document that lets you say how you want to be cared for if you become seriously ill. Covers medical, personal, emotional, and spiritual wishes.

Learn About Five Wishes

CaringInfo – Advance Directives by State

Find your state’s free legal forms for living wills and healthcare power of attorney. Provided by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

Find Your State Form

Get Your Legal House in Order

Checklists, guides, and tools from the AARP to help you organize important papers, wills, and documents that your family may need in the future.

AARP Legal Checklist

Funeral Consumers Alliance

Learn your rights as a consumer, compare funeral costs, and plan a meaningful farewell without overspending. Includes sample planning tools.

Visit Funeral Consumers Alliance

Conversation Project

Free guides that help you start meaningful conversations with family and caregivers about end-of-life wishes, well before a crisis occurs.

Explore Conversation Guides