The Emerald Heart: End of Life Doula Care

09/13/2022

STONINGTON — As a master gardener, Noreen Kepple is familiar with the natural cycle of life — with birth and growth, with dying and death. Her next chapter is a

09/13/2022

09/05/2022

https://news.arizona.edu/story/understanding-black-grief

To understand the unique experience of Black grief, it's necessary to consider the collective grief Black Americans have suffered as the result of America's long history of racialization and racist violence, UArizona experts say.

08/31/2022

by CORDIS As grave markers, tombstones offer a focus for mourning and commemoration. Typically made of stone and usually engraved with the deceased’s name, date of birth and death, they also …

08/30/2022

Paula Adams is helping one man prepare for death.

08/28/2022

08/18/2022

YOU’RE THE GHOST

There’s a part of the grieving process,
where your soul kind of leaves your body too.
As though it’s off searching for the one you lost,
somewhere in the ether.

You walk around,
doing all the right things,
putting one foot in front of the other,
living,
but it’s really as though you’re the ghost.

Perhaps you are.
Perhaps your soul searches,
until you find the one you miss,
and they tell you to go back and live.

So, when that numbness passes brave one,
maybe it’s time to do what you are told,
go back and live,
twice as hard.

You don’t belong there in the ether,
nor do you need to search for the one you lost,
they find you.
And when they do, you’ll feel it.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘I Wish I knew’
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Art by Amanda Cass

08/13/2022

Why would you need an End-of-Life Doula?

Provide companionship to the dying,
Help navigate the activities that surrounds the dying,
Help plan the tribute and celebration of the life of a love one,
Guide all through the bereavement before and after death.

07/26/2022

Why do you need a testamentary letter?

The purpose of a letter of testamentary is to show you have the legal right to act as an executor of the deceased estate. This letter provides you the legal right to pay an estate's debts, take inventory of the estate's assets and distribute those assets on behalf of the decedent.

07/15/2022

The death doula is a unique role that can help oncology care teams improve the quality of end-of-life care delivered to patients.

07/02/2022

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-710899

03/26/2022

The 59-year-old was the star guest at her own wake last week, enjoying the glowing obituaries written by her family and friends.

03/26/2022

"We have more sustainable choices for our bodies after death than just burial or cremation, and we have power to advocate for these options in our communities."

02/12/2022

Read the emotional life story of Michael McDonald and Phyllis McDonald, a husband and wife team that underwent multiple cancer diagnoses and became lifelong care partners.

01/16/2022

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01/04/2022

The Living Cocoon from Loop, made from mushroom mycelium, offers a uniquely green final resting place.