What is an End-of-life doula?
As an End-of-Life Doula, I provide companionship, comfort, and guidance for individuals and families during hospice care. My non-medical, holistic support encompasses emotional, spiritual, and practical care. My work often includes life reflection conversations, personal legacy projects, vigil planning, family support and guidance and sitting beside providing a calm presence.
Hospice care can be overwhelming and uncertain. Having someone there to guide, support, and simply sit with you can bring comfort and peace to both individuals and families.
End-of-Life Doula Services
Packages
Advanced Care Planning
Advance care planning (ACP) is the process that supports individuals in understanding and sharing their personal values, goals, and preferences about future medical care. During this process, I foster meaningful and effective conversations about healthcare wishes with individuals and families including help with advance directive documents.
Life Reflections and Vigil Planning
Life reflections is a process of reflecting on and sharing the significant moments, memories, and experiences of one's life.
Vigil planning involves creating a comforting and meaningful experience for the individual and their loved ones to gather, reflect, and find comfort during the end-of-life journey during this significant time.
Vigil planning and legacy Projects
Package includes Life Reflections, Vigil Planning, and in addition, Legacy or Remembrance projects.
Legacy Projects are meaningful actions that individuals undertake to leave a lasting impact and preserve their values, wisdom, or memories for future generations. Examples include scrapbooks, letters, and more.
Additional End-of-life Doula Services
Respite
I offer respite services to provide temporary relief and support to allow primary caregivers to take time for self-care, attend to personal responsibilities, or simply have a much needed break. Respite support can be customized to meet unique needs.
Conducting Vigil
During this time, my focus is to hold space for the kind of experience the dying person and their loved ones have envisioned. That includes helping everyone maintain the spirit of the plan that was worked out during the vigil planning phase.
Grief Reprocessing
I help loved ones, after the death, to review and process the feelings and experiences they had during throughout the end. I will help explain the nature of grief and guide loved ones through the early days of the grief process.