Partnering with people as they navigate the end of life process through emotional, spiritual, and practical support.

      An End of Life Doula is a non-medical support person who serves a dying individual, their loved ones, and/or their caregivers. Prior to medicalization and the emergence of professionalized death care, most people died at home where members of their community or family would tend to them and serve as a peaceful presence. Many people today state they want to be at home, but instead die in hospital beds, their caregivers unequipped to meet their needs or feeling incapable, intimidated, or overwhelmed. Death doulas can be part of the team that makes dignified home deaths possible. (Though we work anywhere we are welcome!) 

     We answer questions, ease anxieties, serve as guides, and advocate for autonomy and dignity.  And death doulas aren’t only for the imminently dying. We assist people in all stages of life with advance care planning, resolving death anxiety, supporting grief, education and social justice activism, and other related issues.

     Death doulas tend to be a flexible, curious, and present bunch—if there’s a need, we’re going to try to anticipate it, and if we’re not the ones to fill it, we’ll find the right person for the job. Whether you’re caring for sick elders, wrapping your head around your own end, or grappling with a chronic or life-limiting illness and its ramifications, there’s a good chance that a death doula’s services could be of use to you. 

     Our services are built to order, meaning that they extend beyond this list to met the needs of the individual, family, and/or loved ones we’re serving at that time. Each doula relationship is unique as a result. Below is a non-exhaustive list of what a relationship with a death doula can do for you and yours.