END-OF-LIFE DOULA SUPPORT
community death education
home funerals
services
beginning the process
The first step is a complimentary 30-minute initial consultation via phone or Zoom. If we are a good fit, we will schedule your End-of-Life Planning Session where we will discuss your unique situation and the support needed for you and your care community.
Hourly rates begin at $60 for in-person support. Payment plans and financial arrangements are available.
INITIAL CONSULTATION
Typically 1-2 hours, depending on the individual’s needs
Complimentary virtual or phone consultation to discuss end-of-life services and support options and your goals and wishes. You can select from end-of-life guide support, legacy projects, advance planning, community death education, or after-death care education, or create a blended package with multiple support options. Together, we will create an end-of-life support plan, sign a service contract, and determine a package price. We will then schedule your initial sessions.
END-OF-LIFE DOULA SERVICES
The number of visits will be determined by the individual’s needs
Complimentary initial phone or virtual consultation included
END-OF-LIFE PLANNING CAN INCLUDE:
- death education including what to expect physically, psychologically, and socially during the end-of-life phases
- what to expect from medical personnel and/or hospice during end-of-life care
options for end-of-life care, caregiver respite, and holistic support - creating a death plan to ensure that your wishes for end-of-life care are documented and communicated
EOL DOULAS ALSO:
- Hold space for the dying person and provide a neutral sounding board for emotions
- Advocate for the dying person with family and care professionals
- Develop a vigil plan for participants, and initiate the vigil plan when active dying begins
- Offer phone, text, or in-person support throughout the dying process
- Provide post-death community support for integration and referrals for grief resources
LIFE REVIEW & LEGACY SUPPORT
The number of visits will be determined by the individual’s needs (usually between 2-8 hours)
Complimentary initial phone or virtual consultation included
LEGACY WORK CAN INCLUDE:
- a written story or memoir
- audio or video recordings
- legacy letters for loved ones and friends
- a memory box
- an album or scrapbook
- a slideshow
- a family tree
- financial projects (contributions, trusts, or foundations)
- a recipe box or cookbook
- a piece of art or music
- a memory garden
All materials used in the creation of Legacy projects are paid for by client.
LIFE REVIEW WORK:
In a life review, an end-of-life doula guides a client through reflecting on their past to find meaning and closure, helping them identify significant memories, experiences, and relationships to preserve as legacies. The doula’s role is to offer comfort, facilitate the process of exploring regrets and achievements, and assist in determining tangible or intangible ways to preserve these important aspects of the client’s life. This process can also help the client resolve lingering questions and find peace before the end of life.
HOME FUNERAL SUPPORT & AFTER-DEATH CARE EDUCATION
Education sessions are typically scheduled in 1-3 hour lessons
Complimentary initial phone or virtual consultation included
AFTER-DEATH CARE EDUCATION SESSIONS INCLUDE:
- Education and empowerment for individuals and communities in the areas of:
- Community-directed natural deathcare
- Eco-disposition options
- Community-led funerals, home-funerals and vigils
- The next of kin’s rights and responsibilities in community-directed after-death care
- Advocacy for after-death care rights
- How to care for a body after death
HOME FUNERAL SUPPORT:
- Planning details of a home vigil with the family (pre- or at-need)
- Distance or in-person coaching of family during the home funeral, including how to care for a body after death
- Coordinating services when professional firms, clergy, celebrants, spiritual or community groups and organizations are involved
- Coordinating or facilitating a ceremony at a home vigil, funeral, memorial, graveside, church, life celebration rituals, ceremonies or services with prayer, song
- Providing emotional and spiritual support to the family prior to, during, or after the death
- Support with house preparation for home vigil
- Overseeing/providing the food, flowers for home vigil
COMMUNITY DEATH EDUCATION
Education sessions are typically scheduled in 1-3 hour lessons
Complimentary initial phone or virtual consultation included
COMMUNITY DEATH EDUCATION TOPICS INCLUDE:
- What it means to be death positive
- Advance planning
- Legacy projects
- Community-centered deathcare
- Community-led funerals, home funerals, and vigils
- After-death body care demonstration
- Ritual and ceremony crafting
- Living wakes
- Green burials and eco-disposition options
- Bereavement companionship and finding meaningful grief support
- Deathworker training
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I wish to acknowledge the stolen territorial lands upon which I live and serve: the Indigenous lands of Turtle Island and the tribal nations of the Mascogo, the Miccosukee, the Seminole, and the Timucua. I honor and respect the historical and contemporary contributions made by indigenous peoples.
CONNECT WITH ME:
Email: closingthecircledeathcare@gmail.com
Call or text: 850-391-8397