End-of-Life Resources
Local Resources
I have personally met with the proprietors and/or executive representatives of the following businesses and can recommend their services with the utmost confidence.
HOME HEALTHCARE
- Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services (HCS)
312 Marlboro Street, Keene, NH
603.352.2253
https://hcsservices.org - Independent HomeCare LLC
Jaffrey, NH
603-407-0004
https://independenthomecarellc.com
HOSPICE
- Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services (HCS)
312 Marlboro Street, Keene, NH
603.352.2253
https://hcsservices.org
FUNERAL HOMES
- Cournoyer Funeral Home & Cremation Center
33 River Street, Jaffrey, NH
603.532.6484
https://www.cournoyerfh.com - Jellison Funeral Home and Cremation Services
25 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH
603.924.3511
https://www.jellisonfuneralhome.com - Michaud Funeral Home & Crematorium
32 Maple Street, Wilton, NH
603.654.6524
https://michaudfuneralhome.com
CEMETERIES
- Life Forest (Conservation Cremation Burials for Humans and Pets)
200 Beard Rd., Hillsborough, NH
603.315.0790
https://www.thelifeforest.com/
VETERINARIAN
- Empathy Vet Care (In-Home Hospice/End-of-Life Care & Euthanasia for Pets)
Dr. Krista Wood
Serving the Greater Monadnock Region and beyond
603.556.4633
https://www.empathyvetcare.com
MEMORIAL ITEMS
- Terrapin Glass Memorials
Locally-crafted memorial glass jewelry, keepsakes and other items made with cremated remains.
DEATH AWARENESS & EDUCATION
- Tender Jagged – Living Funeral Ceremonies
“Living Funeral Ceremonies foster death awareness on an individual level but also break through individualism and tap into the power of a group dynamic. When we bear witness to each other we are saying an overwhelming and unshakable ‘I see you. I hear you.'”
Books
- On Death and Dying – Elisabeth Kübler Ross
- Final Gifts – Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelley
- Death is But a Dream – Dr. Christopher Kerr
- The Grace in Dying – Kathleen Dowling Singh
- The Denial of Death – Ernest Becker
- The Art of Dying Well – Katy Butler
- The Lost Art of Dying – L.S. Dugdale
- Accompanying the Dying – Deanna Cochran, RN
- Last Acts of Kindness – Judith Redwing Keyssar
- The Top Five Regrets of the Dying – Bronnie Ware
- How Can I Help? – Ram Dass & Paul Gorman
- When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanith
- The Bereaved Parent – Harriet Sarnoff Schiff
- A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Everything You Need to Know to Live Fully and Die Well – B.J. Miller & Shoshana Berger
- Dear Death: Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day – Diane Button