Book Resources & Downloads

Welcome to Caring End Book Resources

These resources accompany Caring End: Revitalize Your Clinical Practice Through Advance Care Planning Conversations.

Here you'll find the Caring End CARES System Overview and Instruction Guide, diagrams, charts, and additional materials referenced in the book.

These resources are intended to help you understand and apply the CARES System in your clinical practice and support meaningful advance care planning conversations with your patients.

All resources are available free of charge, without registration or login.

Download the C.A.R.E.S. System Guide (PDF)

12-Step Hospital Action Plan

A Patient Hospital Action Plan

This printable, 14-page action plan helps patients and their families prepare for conversations with hospital professionals, keep track of important information, and participate more confidently in hospital care.

Includes practical guidance, spaces to record physicians and specialists, and dedicated areas for notes.

Free download — no registration or login required.

Download the 12-Step Hospital Action Plan (PDF)

C.A.R.E.S. System Diagrams & Charts

Visual References for the C.A.R.E.S. System

This collection brings together the diagrams and charts referenced in Caring End: Revitalize Your Clinical Practice Through Advance Care Planning Conversations.

These visual resources help readers explore chronic illness trajectories, changes in functional capacity, and the C.A.R.E.S. System's approach to understanding and planning for the patient's medical journey.

The PDF can be viewed digitally, enlarged for easier reading, or downloaded for reference.

Free download — no registration or login required.

Download the C.A.R.E.S. System Diagrams & Charts (PDF)