Services We Offer
This is a general description and Introduction to the Services we offer.
"Customizing is our Speciality".
Assistance with...
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Assistance with completing advance directives for health care and death care.
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Assistance with fulfilling final wishes, healing relationships, and/or putting things in order
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In-home, hospital, hospice, or nursing home visits.
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Companion care and caregiver relief/support.
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Support with stillborn and infant death and bringing baby home for a home funeral.
We serve your needs by...
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Suggestion of interventions for comfort of all present.
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Development of vigil plans.
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Guided imagery and meditations to help alleviate anxiety and suffering.
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Life review and legacy projects.
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Development of meaningful, accessible rituals for healing, commemoration, and continued bonds.
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Continuous bedside presence during the final stages of the dying process.
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Acupressure/Acuwellness
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Licensed in Hand and Feet Massage and Care.
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Music Therapy
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Pet Therapy​
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Meal Organization
After Death...
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Coordinating with funeral homes.
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Assistance with funeral planning.
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Obituary and eulogy writing support.
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After death follow-up and grief support.
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Referral to other community resources as appropriate.
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Guidance with after death care of the body and home funerals.
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​Holding space while life-support is discontinued (includes: after-death rituals and body preparation if desired).
We also:
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Facilitate grief circles for marginalized communities
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Create and deliver educational workshops for healthcare professionals, social worker, and other groups about death doula services
Sliding Scale Available
In order to provide services to as many individuals and families in our community as possible, we request your active participation in deciding your contribution. Please bear in mind that we are often socialized to see what we lack better than the big and small privileges we do have. We are open to questions and look forward to serving you.
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Tier 1 | $25-$ 35 per hour. (2 hour minimum)
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I frequently stress about meeting basic needs and don’t always achieve them.
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I have debt that sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs.
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Working through survival credit card debt.
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I have no access to savings.
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I have no or very limited expendable income. I qualify for government assistance, including food stamps and healthcare.
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My family does not have access to assets; I send money to my family when able.
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I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing.
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Tier 2 | $35-$50 per hour. (2 hour minimum)
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I may stress about meeting my needs sometimes but I regularly achieve them.
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I have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs. May include student loans, and most people in my family have higher education.
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I might have some savings.
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I can take a vacation annually or every few years.
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I have some expendable income; able to have some new items and some thrift.
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My family has some assets, like owning a home. My housing is stable and mid- to higher-end.
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Tier 3 | $50-$115 per hour. (2 hour minimum)
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I am able to meet all of my basic needs.
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I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment.
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I have access to savings and both earned and unearned assets.
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I can afford an annual vacation and/or take time off without financial burden.
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I have expendable income.
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My family has assets like investments and property. Someone else contributes to my rent, mortgage, or down-payment.
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I own my home and/or rent a higher-end property. I have or anticipate inheriting property. I own or lease a car.
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**This sliding scale and some of the associated verbiage was introduced to PDDC via the Andean Medicine for Liberation workshop hosted by Coca Rosa at Centro Corona.
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