Hope for the Dying
“Remember. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” – Stephen King I named my end-of-life doula business, Hope Doulas, because I want all of my clients to have hope as they transition from this life. I believe that hope is just as much for the dying…
What an End-0f-Life Doula Is Not
It can be easy to confuse end-of-life doula work with other end-of-life care professions. While their work overlaps, there are four very important differences. First of all, an EOL doula provides services that complement, not replace, Hospice and palliative care teams. This comes primarily in the form of emotional, practical, and educational support, while Hospice…
What is an End-of-Life Doula?
While common in other parts of the world, end-of-life doulas are relatively unheard of in the United States. They go by various names: “death doula”, “end-of-life doula”, or “death midwife”. Like their birth doula counterpart, they support the laboring person. Only, these people are laboring on the opposite end of life, not giving birth but…