End-of-Life Doula Support

My goal as your end-of-life doula is to create peace of mind, comfort, and reflection for both the dying individual as well as their loved ones. I offer my clients emotional, educational, and spiritual support. My services include providing:

• Extended periods of support, personalized attention, and continual bedside presence beyond what hospice can provide a caregiver, family, and/or loved one. 

• Emotional support for the dying and their loved ones. You will find me to be a neutral sounding board for the emotions that can surround the dying process. 

• Advocacy and communication support for pain management, self-care, and rest. 

• Reflective activities, such as creating a personalized heart will (ethical will), letter writing, or other legacy projects.

• Guided visualization, healing touch, and ceremony to honor and create peace for all involved.

• A personalized Vigil Plan to create a sacred space for the period of actively dying.

• Planning memorial and life celebration gatherings.   

• Support for loved ones after death to reprocess and provide grief support. 

These end-of-life services are discussed and chosen according to the client’s wishes before we begin working together.

How is an End-of-Life Doula Different from Hospice?

A doula’s work often begins before hospice is in place, but does not replace the hospice medical team. Physical needs and pain management of your dying person will be attended to by hospice.

An end-of-life doula will support the advocacy of treatment.

When Should I Call an End-of-Life Doula?

It is never too late to connect with a doula. The sooner we can enter into the process, the more time can be spent getting to know your loved one and family, creating quality care plans, and prioritizing end-of-life needs.

End-of-Life Packages

I provide a complimentary initial phone consultation where we can learn more about one another as well as the support options I can provide. There is no obligation to use my services after this consultation. If you wish to explore working together further, we will meet for two Hearts & Minds meetings.

HEARTS & MINDS

2 meetings, $250 total

• In the first meeting, we will discuss the desired outcomes of the client and the services I can provide. 

• In the second meeting, we review the personalized proposal I create for you.

• If you are ready to move forward after those two meetings, our time will begin.

END-OF-LIFE DOULA SUPPORT

$90 per hour

• Price of End of Life Doula support will be determined following Hearts & Minds meeting

• Share signs and symptoms through end of life

• Hold space for the dying and your family, provide a neutral sounding board for all emotions

• Bring comfort through healing touch and visualization to participants

• Explore loved one’s life, create ceremony around individual’s needs 

• Plan Life Celebration gathering(s), be it planned before or after death

• Provide, initiate and oversee the utilization of Vigil Plan when actively dying begins, honoring loved ones vision

• In person support provided at time of death, point person with hospice and funeral home

• Gather with your family after death to reprocess and provide grief support

LEGACY PROJECT

$90 per hour

• Help develop and execute Legacy Project(s)

• Legacy preserves personal history, an expression of life impacting others 

• Artifacts captured in the form of a written short story, an audio format, a video, letters, a memory box, an album, or a format you desire

• Materials paid for by client

• If loved ones requires less or additional time, price may be negotiated