Rowan Grove End of Life Doula Services

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09/04/2024

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08/29/2024

The length of our lives is never guaranteed, so if these decisions are important to you, it is never to early to get them in order. 💞

🗣 IMPORTANT information to get your affairs in order...(some of the following does vary from state-to-state)

💰Make sure all bank accounts have direct beneficiaries. The beneficiary need only go to the bank with your death certificate and an ID of their own.

🏡 TOD = Transfer On Death deed if you own a home. Completing this document and filing it with your county saves your heirs THOUSANDS. This document allows you to transfer ownership of your home to your designee. All they need to do is take their ID and your death certificate to the county building and the deed is signed over. Doing this will avoid the home having to go through probate.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Living Will: Allows one to put in writing exactly what you want done in the event you cannot speak for yourself when it comes to healthcare decisions as well as other final decisions.

👩🏽‍⚖️Durable Power of Attorney: Allows one to designate a person to make legal decisions if you are no longer competent to do so.

🏥Power of Attorney for Healthcare: This document allows one to designate someone to make healthcare decisions for them.

🛍Last Will and Testament: Designates to whom personal belongings will go to.

🪦Funeral Planning Declaration: Allows one to say exactly one’s wishes as far as disposition of the body and the services.

If the above documents are done, you can AVOID probate.

If all the above is not done, you have to open an estate account at the bank. All money that doesn’t have direct beneficiaries goes into this account. You have to have an attorney to open the estate account. The attorney also has to publicize your passing in the newspaper or post publication at the county courthouse, to allow anyone to make a claim on your property. - It’s a complete PAIN.

📚 💳Make a list of all banks and account numbers, all investment institutions with account numbers, lists of credit cards, utility accounts, etc. Leave clear instructions as to how and when these things are paid.

Make sure heirs know where life insurance policies are located. 📂

📝Make 100% sure SOMEONE knows your Apple ID, bank ID account logins and passwords!

🚗 Make sure you have titles for all vehicles, campers, etc!

Set up a TRUST for intended beneficiaries, especially those that are too young, and appoint a trustee of said trust.

MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!! - Talk with those closest to you and make all your wishes KNOWN. Talk to those whom you’ve designated, as well as those close to you whom you did not designate. - Do this to explain why your decisions were made and to avoid any lingering questions or hurt feelings.

⚡️Hope this helps! ⚡️Hope this lights a spark to encourage all your friends and family to take care of these things to make it easier for those we all leave behind!

My hope is that the above list at least helps you start an important conversation with your loved ones...🙏💞

07/22/2024

"The best medicine you can bring for sadness is not joy. It is not telling them that they need to move on or get over it or realise how much worse things could be. No. The medicine for a spirit in mourning is tenderness. and warmth. and compassion. and connection. and presence. Sit with someone in their grief and let them cry their ugly tears. Do not shine and scurry grief away. They must walk through it. This is love, to abandon all that we think we know and be so full of grace that we are invited in to partake in someone else's darkest moments. What an honour it is to simply be a light. The antidote for sadness is love. It is always love."

~ "the antidote" by Ullie Kaye Poetry

~ Art 'Mending the Broken Heart' by Claudia Olivos

07/15/2024

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Death Doula for Dogs!

There are people in this holistic end of life care space who are being drawn to work specifically with animals. It is incredible and incredibly needed.

We have known for a long time that we need to start offering more support to people at the end of life, but what about our pets?

Death is a natural experience, and all living beings will experience it and the people who love them really need that help and guidance.

Now those who are end of life care providers can choose to focus their services within this niche or include this as part of their other services.

End of Life Pet Doulas are a new calling! How beautiful is that? 💕

xo Suzanne 😘

WATCH FULL VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/mexowkGgr8ALI

07/12/2024

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07/11/2024

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07/11/2024

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07/11/2024

Animal Hospice, End of Life support, and Memorial planning is work that will always have a special place in my heart. 💞

07/11/2024

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This 1,500-year-old Jewish prayer, called the shehecheyanu is one that Day Schildkret describes in the introduction to his book Morning Altars: “My people say [this prayer] to welcome all of these threshold moments, remembering once again the amazing grace it took to arrive right here, right now, and distinguish it as holy.”

Thank you, Day, for our conversation this week on the Best Life Best Death podcast! May we each find and create holy moments, every day, marking our Hellos and our Goodbyes.

07/04/2024

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