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Compassion & Choices

We work to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Compassion & Choices

We work to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Learn what’s happening in your state. Explore our end-of-life planning resources.
Learn what’s happening in your state. Explore our end-of-life planning resources.

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Compassion & Choices Announces Inaugural Winners of the Allyne Hammer Excellence in Advocacy Award  

This year Compassion & Choices is honoring the life of Allyne Hammer, a fierce advocate for improving end-of-life care and options, by annou...

Announcing Allyne Hammer Excellence in Advocacy Award Winner Doris Fischer  

This year, Compassion & Choices honors Doris Fischer, the co-winner of the inaugural Allyne Hammer Award. For 16 dedicated years, Doris has volunteered with Compassion & Choices, leaving an indelible mark in Montana.

Honoring Allyne Hammer Excellence in Advocacy Award Winner Rosalind Kipping  

Rosalind KippingRosalind Kipping, the inaugural Allyne Hammer co-award winner, has been an advocate for end-of-life options for decades. In the ...

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Elaine Saunders sits in a chair with her hands folded in her lap wearing a black sweater and a black hat

Elaine S. Saunders  

Elaine S. Saunders is the Chair of the Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center Advisory Council, based in Washington, DC. As part of its goals, the Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center has the ultimate objective to make a joyful, improved, and quality-driven life for all of its senior citizen clients.

“Protect your legacy. Get your affairs in order. Make a plan and share it with your loved ones–I have.”

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Roger Kligler seated at a microphone

Roger Kligler, M.D.  

A long-time advocate for medical aid in dying, Roger Kligler is a retired physician in Falmouth, MA, living with prostate cancer.

“I want this option to be clearly authorized in Massachusetts in my lifetime—for me, for you, for everyone.”

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