Mortician Caitlin Doughty travelled the world and saw how different cultures handled death — from keeping mummified bodies in the home to big public funeral pyres. She thinks North Americans are missing out by not taking a more hands-on approach.
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Death can be an uncomfortable topic, so some residents in Canmore are hosting Death Cafes to give the public a safe space to talk about the shared experience that connects us all.
Learn more about the many benefits of death doulas + end of life care services, plus a helpful list of death doula in San Diego.
Alua Arthur is a pioneer in end-of-life care, helping strangers overcome their greatest fear of all
They are not medical experts, but they work alongside NHS staff in hospices or the community to help patients take control over their final days
As more options become available to those who seek funeral arrangements, calling upon death doulas is becoming increasingly popular as well. Death doulas, sometimes referred to as "death midwives," assist those who are dying as well as their families in the difficult process. They provide information, emotional support, coping strategies, and often spiritual rituals to
A former hospice social worker reflects on his own father’s death and how to add meaning to the last moments of a life. By Henry Fersko-Weiss The End-of-Life Doula Approach Dying from a termi…
A death doula is a trained professional who provides support and guidance for someone nearing death. Learn more about the responsibilities and process here.
Just as doulas help clients through the delivery process, death doulas help patients when a cure is no longer possible and provide counsel through their final breath.
Death rituals around the world include Tibet’s sky burials, the cremation tradition on the pyres of Varanasi in India, and Ghana’s fantasy coffins.
The Eleventh Hour is the companion booklet to Gone From My Sight: The Dying Experience. While Gone describes the dying process, The Eleventh Hour gives ideas for what to do, and say as well as how to care for the person who is approaching death. Agencies/hospices put these two booklets together in their initial family packets to inform families on the stages of death and how to care for a loved one who is dying. These booklets meet Medicare requirements for consistent family education and have been shown to significantly improve CAHPS scores and family survey results. The Eleventh Hour is a booklet that offers information, ideas and support for caregivers in the weeks, days, and hours before death and just after. Having this information inspires and empowers the caregiver while reducing fear. The Eleventh Hour is used for volunteer training in Transitional, Vigil and No One Dies Alone programs, for hospitals, for nursing facilities, parish nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care agencies. Most of all, it is for families faced with caring for their loved one at end of life. Like all of Barbara's booklets, The Eleventh Hour is written in large print and the information is conveyed in a simple, direct yet gentle manner. This booklet is included in the End of Life Guideline Series. To get, The Eleventh Hour at a discounted rate, purchase the entire End of Life Guideline Series. Shop here
As cemeteries turn into landfills, Americans are turning to less destructive ways to bury the dead.
Learn more about Cake's recommended death doulas and how they are allies and advocates for the dying and their families.
Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as "natural organic reduction'' — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks.
People often seek support to bring a new life into the world, but what about when we are preparing to leave it? Eleanor Tucker speaks to death doula Rebecca Green
Palliative care expert Dr. Ira Byock is calling for a revolution, where health consumers – especially patients and their families – demand a better death on their terms.
We can keep people alive to the point that their lives have almost no value, but doctors tend not to be trained to address the subject of mortality with their patients
Preparing a body for burial is a ritual that is both ageless and tribal. Here’s what it’s like.
A former hospice social worker reflects on his own father’s death and how to add meaning to the last moments of a life. By Henry Fersko-Weiss The End-of-Life Doula Approach Dying from a termi…
