Services
The purpose of an end of life doula is simple: to bring comfort and support to terminally ill patients. The goal is to help the patient feel the best that they can for as long as possible and greatly improve the quality of their life that remains. To be a grounding support system for the patient and the family during this transitional time. Many services can be done virtually, to offer support to the patient from a distance. You do not need to live close to me in order to benefit from the various services that I offer.
Patient Advocacy & Navigating the Healthcare System
In a complex healthcare landscape, doulas can help you to understand and navigate medical decisions that can seem overwhelming. An advocate is your ally, guiding you through the system, ensuring your concerns are heard and helping you to safeguard your rights. With their expertise, they can empower you to make informed choices, ease communication between you and your medical team and stand by your side every step of the way. Your health journey matters, particularly at the end of life, and an advocate can help ensure that your voice is heard.
Conversation Facilitation
Connecting family members for challenging discussions and providing guidance as an informed, experienced, and compassionate third party. These conversations can easily be done using the Zoom platform so that everyone can have an opportunity to ask their questions.
Emotional Support & Companionship
The end of life is a time when most people need a great deal of emotional support. An experienced doula can provide a listening ear, non-judgment and a safe space to ask questions, express any uncomfortable emotions that they may not be able to share with their family. If local, a doula can provide the patient with the companionship and calming properties of meditation and music and reading books, including religious/spiritual materials, aloud to the patient.
Holistic Support & Comfort Care
If local, this includes soothing touch therapy massage, Reiki, and flower remedies (see more here) that can be relaxing and nurturing for the patient
End of Life Transition Planning
Helping to create a death plan and organize home vigils and a living funeral (also known as a Celebration of Life) if desired, as well as discussing the legacy that the patient hopes to leave with family; this could be a scrapbook, a photobook memorial journal, photo albums, letters to family members, written words and thoughts of the patient.
I offer phone consultations or Zoom sessions for anyone throughout the United States.
I am able to offer consultations, home visits and vigils for patients and family members in or around the Sherman/Denison/Texoma area in North Texas.
Please note that you do not have to have a terminal diagnosis or be actively dying in order to use my services. Often people just want to have a conversation about the concerns they have around death and dying, or they have questions about what to expect when a loved one passes. I can customize my services to meet the needs of you and your family. Please contact me to see how I best can support and serve you.
