Compassion & Choices

Compassion & Choices is an incredible organization helping to educate, expand and improve end-of-life options and care for all. Thank you for your empathy and support.

One of the standout aspects of Compassion & Choices is their commitment to education and advocacy. They provide invaluable resources and support to individuals and families, helping them navigate the complexities of end-of-life planning. Their efforts to promote policies that respect personal choice and dignity are commendable, ensuring that everyone has the right to a peaceful and self-directed end-of-life experience.

I am extremely impressed with how responsive and helpful the folks at Compassion & Choices are. From the first point of contact, their team demonstrated an impressive level of commitment. The organization tackles difficult, yet vitally important, issues with professionalism and care. I have already learned a lot from their end-of-life planning resources and I appreciate their tireless advocacy.

I found their available resources very helpful. I am so thankful to have found them.

Compassion & Choices is an incredible organization helping to expand and improve end-of-life options and care for all. The staff, volunteers, and advocates are inspiring people who are dedicated to helping advance the mission of the organization. I encourage everyone to visit the Compassion & Choices website where they will find a number of resources available and can learn more about this important work.

Compassion & Choices is an amazing nonprofit that empowers individuals to make informed end-of-life decisions. The staff is caring, knowledgeable, and deeply committed to improving the quality of life for those facing difficult circumstances. I’m truly grateful for the work they do!

My dad used the dementia values tool, and I am so grateful that I know what his wishes are in advance.

I only recently came in contact with Compassion & Choices through a mutual friend whow is passionate about end of life choice. I reached out to the organization to inquire as to percentages of money spent on various programs versus administrative costs. I was pleased to have my questions answered by a friendly and knowledgeable staff member. I have not yet donated, but given my satisfaction with how responsive the organization is, I believe I will

The resources provided by this organization are alone worth their weight it gold. But the personal care and attention provided by the staff go above and beyond. I will continue to fight alongside Compassion & Choices for everyone's right to a peaceful end.

My mother was ready to go for a few years before her passing in March of 2020. She had macular degeneration of the eyes and could not read, one of her passions. She also had significant hearing loss, which depressed her when she would get together with family or friends since she felt "left out." My mother was a dynamic person and I believe if she would have had the option, would have left earlier than she did. I believe Compassion & Choices is an exceptional nonprofit that is doing massively good things in the name of those who do not have a choice on how to die with dignity. I am a huge supporter!

In my 80’s I am busy “Being alive” while making sure I’m reasonably prepared for my end of life decisions and experiences. Compassion and Choices has been my Go To Resource for years - the most effective and responsive organization I know! They have supported me in documenting my Personal Wishes to add to my Advanced Directives and share with family, healthcare proxies, and physicians. I’ve accessed their wide range of resources related to all aspects of this process including key topics like Dimentia, experienced by so many of us longer-living folks. My favorite C & C “tool”is the outstanding all-inclusive book by Barbara Lee Combs FINISH STRONG! I have gifted it to dozens of people in my network! not just “old” people need to be more comfortable & realistic discussing death and dying and how best to support ourselves & each other.

I am an enthusiastic supporter of Compassion & Choices and its human rights advocacy for compassionate end-of-life choices. When I became aware of Brittany Maynard's courageous support for expanding death-with-dignity laws nationwide through her campaign with Compassion & Choices, I immediately began sharing openly with family and close friends the vitally important work that Compassion & Choices is doing, and the leadership role it has taken to expand death-with-dignity laws for the benefit of all.

I am so grateful for the guidance this organization provides. I've utilized their comprehensive, thoughtfully worded checklists, toolkits and guides to come up with my own plan. I feel at ease knowing the people behind Compassion & Choices have done the legwork and thought of everything I don't even know to think of. Compassion & Choices offers an invaluable service.

Thank goodness for Compassion and Choices. The organization has acted to lower much of my anxiety about end-of-life decisions. They are following the concerns that can arise and putting in place tools that provide relatively easy ways to plan ahead. Thank you C&C.

Compassion and Choices has worked for decades to pass and protect critically important medical aid-in-dying laws in multiple states. At the same time they have developed great tools to help individuals plan for and express their wishes for end of life care, including state-specific information. Their information and tools are easily accessible on their website free of charge, including new tools related to dementia. They fill the void in a culture that remains so adverse to having these important discussions.

Compassion and Choices is a great nonprofit that helps everyone all over the US. With it's great work they are doing, they are achieving and educating the consumers, nurses and doctors. Being able to learn your options and having the choice is very important.

This charity supports a cause I believe in. I have been a supporter of Death with Dignity bills for many years.

A very responsible organization that provides valuable information and forthright advocacy for an important cause.

I cannot share this group's enthusiasm for death. There are too many people in this world who need encouragement to live, not to kill themselves.

I learned about this organization thru one of its staff--Jared Hughes. As a result of his sincere and knowledgeable presentation of the facts surrounding one's choices over end of life issues, I was blown away and quite overcome with enthusiasm for the mission of this distinguished group. I will never again look at end of life in the way that I did before. Now, when I meet others who are wrestling with similar issues, I point them to your website and repeat what I learned from Jared--with the utmost conviction in my heart. Yours is a vital and critically important organization--I'm so glad that you exist.