Aging with Dignity Employee Directory
Individual and Family ServicesFlorida, United States11-50 Employees
Aging with Dignity is an organization in the field of individual and family services based in Tallahassee, Florida. It concentrates on end-of-life planning and dignity, with a program called Five Wishes designed to help individuals express care preferences. Founded in 1996 by Jim Towey, who served as legal counsel to Mother Teresa, the group has reached over 44 million families and trained tens of thousands of clinicians and care workers. It also operates the Assisted Suicide Watch program, a national research effort dedicated to exposing the harms of physician-assisted suicide. Through these programs, Aging with Dignity engages patients, families, and a wide network of healthcare and spiritual care professionals as part of its work in end-of-life care.