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BuddhaNet provides the following from a Buddhist perspective: a hospice directory, information about caring for the dying & bereaved, funeral rites for the dead, articles on death & dying, and HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Buddhist Aids Project in San Francisco, an all-volunteer, non-profit Affiliate of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF), BAP serves anyone living with HIV/AIDS, including family, friends,caregivers and people who are HIV negative. Buddhist Lotus Hospice Care Foundation A Buddhist Hospice in Taiwan where Buddhist philosophy and practices are used to comfort and inspire the dying and the bereaved to develop spiritually and particularly to be reborn in Amitabha Buddha's paradise. Hospice Under the Care of Medicine Buddha volunteers work with AIDS patients and cancer patients at several general hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Insight
Hospice A Hospice and Healing Volunteer Outreach project based
in a Theravada Buddhist Tradition serving people of all religions. "We
bring the teachings given by Noah & Stephen Levine and the Monastics
of Abhayagiri Monastery to the care we give." Karuna Hospice Service a holistic client centred comprehensive home service in collaboration with other primary health care providers in Brisbane, Australia. A member of the FPMT. The Buddhist Hospice Trust One of the activities under the umbrella of the Trust is the Ananda Network. Networkers commit themselves, if requested, to consider visiting a person who is terminally ill in their locality, to offer such spiritual care as they are able. (London) The Project on Being with Dying A comprehensive training and support program for healthcare professionals, people with serious illness and others who are working with issues related to death and dying, run by Joan Halifax. Shakyamuni Community Health Care Centre A clinic in Bodhgaya, India run six days per week, employing local doctors, a nurse and a medical assistant who administer to over five hundred patients per week,. The main modality of treatment is homoeopathic and nutritional therapy, but ayurvedic and allopathic medicines are also used when required. A member of the FPMT. Spiritual Care, Education and Training Program This program directed by Christine Longaker is designed to help those concerned with the issues around death and dying. Born out of the work of Rigpa and inspired by Sogyal Rinpoche's The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying , the program seeks to apply the compassion and wisdom of the Buddhist teachings to the needs of people today: living, dying and bereaved. Welfare Services Team of the Amitabha Buddhist Center is provides a hospice education program and a group of volunteers who regularly visit the Dover Park Hospice in Singapore.
Zen
Hospice Project provides a spectrum of innovative
programs including volunteer services, residential care and trainings,
which seek to cultivate wisdom and compassion through service in the San
Francisco Bay area. Hospice Sites with a Spiritual
Emphasis Hospice Hands Based in Florida, they provide an exhaustive collection of infomation on death, dying and bereavement and links by country to other Hospices. Other Helpful Sites Dorje Chang Institute, in Auckland, NZ can provide prayers and pujas for the ill, dying or deceased.Hospice New Zealand is a national (NZ) organisation, which supports and assists hospices to care for the terminally ill. They are responsible for ensuring that NZ patients have access to quality hospice palliative care.
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