Sunset Doulas Pinellas, LLC

09/16/2025

Grateful to represent Sunset Doulas Pinellas, LLC at tonight's Drag Queen Bingo benefiting the of Better Living For Seniors Pinellas ! (Fun fact: my very first drag queen bingo! 😉) Artists Juno Vibranz and Autumn Vee did not disappoint!

09/15/2025

Sunset Doulas Pinellas provides non-medical care and support for clients who are facing end-of-life or other changes in their normal health condition. Because medical diagnoses and illness impact not only the physical aspects of us, preparing for end-of-life is about far more than physical pain and symptom management!
We help clients and families smooth out the details of hospice or palliative care to ensure that their wishes are communicated and adhered to. We cushion the grieving process by teaching, preparing, and supporting clients, family members and loved ones. We bring a calming presence to difficult experiences and conversations, allowing for “safe space” to ask the hard questions, to process tough emotions and to come to peaceful terms with the process.
WOMAN OWNED and operated, serving Pinellas and parts of W. Pasco and Hillsborough. Whether you're 35 or 85 please get to know us before you need us: 727-307-7648.
Standing ready to help YOU!

09/14/2025

is a proud member of this excellent organization! Excited to participate in so much good work!

09/12/2025

Important info.

Sharing your diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another dementia is important to get the support you need. Find expert advice and tips from others in early stage.

09/09/2025

🌞❤️🐾 SO BLESSED go meet this sweet therapy pup, McKenna today while supporting a client! The work we do as "end of life doulas" is about LIVING. It's about COMMUNICATION and TOLERANCE and TEACHING, and LOVE, and PATIENCE, and KINDNESS..... With literally EVERY visit with our clients we come away with FULL HEARTS.... and sometimes we get really lucky to run into a precious creature like McKenna!

09/09/2025

Important information from Teacher and RN Barbara Karnes:

End-of-life educator Barbara Karnes, RN shares lessons learned while caring for her husband, offering insight into what really happens as death approaches.

09/04/2025

Sunset Doulas Pinellas provides non-medical care and support for clients who are facing end-of-life or other changes in their normal health condition. Because medical diagnoses and illness impact not only the physical aspects of us, preparing for end-of-life is about far more than physical pain and symptom management!

We help clients and families smooth out the details of hospice or palliative care to ensure that their wishes are communicated and adhered to. We cushion the grieving process by teaching, preparing, and supporting clients, family members and loved ones. We bring a calming presence to difficult experiences and conversations, allowing for “safe space” to ask the hard questions, to process tough emotions and to come to peaceful terms with the process.

WOMAN OWNED and operated, serving Pinellas and parts of W. Pasco and Hillsborough. Whether you're 35 or 85 please get to know us before you need us: 727-307-7648.
Standing ready to help YOU!

08/22/2025

Grateful to represent Sunset Doulas Pinellas, LLC at the annual "Chopped" Fundraiser for Community Service Council of W Pasco! Congratulations to all who participated. Special thanks to and for sharing the experience. And huge thanks to for inviting us to share her table. Very glad a happy winner snagged our "dog lovers" gift basket. So grateful!

08/20/2025

Important information

I was walking down the aisle of a grocery store when I heard a little girl say to her mother, “you know mom, if I don’t eat for three days, I will die.”

I wanted to walk over and let that little girl know that she was wrong. I want everyone who thinks this to know that is wrong. To be fair, maybe some people have died from not eating for a few days but from my experience at the bedside of people who are dying, it has helped me to understand that the body can go a very long time without food. The longest I have witnessed is 19 days. This woman was non-responsive, in a coma-like state, and from my perspective did not appear to be suffering physically.

I truly believe that the body does not need to have food and water at the end of life. I think food and water can often disrupt the dying process, causing physical discomfort and often suffering.

Most people equate food and water to love, especially when they have been providing this for many years. Family members and caregivers want to push food and water, hoping it will strengthen their person, and make them feel better. But I don’t think it does.

When we are aging, and dying, our throats tend to close and our ability to swallow is reduced, causing people to aspirate/choke, which increases their fear. Sometimes they can tell you verbally that they don’t want food, or they can let you know by shaking their head “no,” closing their mouth when they are being fed, pocketing it in their cheeks, or spitting it out. Listen to them, they are trying to tell you they do not want it. Our role is to honor and respect that.

When we are at the end of our life and dying, our bodies do not benefit from food and water the way a strong and healthy body does. It doesn’t need it, and it doesn’t want it. They will not die faster because they are not eating, and they will not die from starvation or dehydration. They are already dying from the diagnosis and disease process. Not forcing food and water at this time is actually incredibly kind and compassionate.

You are not hurting them, you are giving their body the peace and comfort it needs to go through the dying process however that will look for them uniquely, which can sometimes be many days. Trust that the body knows what to do, and sometimes it lets go quickly and other times longer, but you aren’t hurting them, please trust me on that.

What someone needs when they are dying is physical comfort, to be kept clean, and to be provided with dignity and respect. All human beings deserve this.

xo
Gabby

You can find this blog here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/food-and-water-at-the-end-of-life

08/12/2025

Whether you're 35 or 85, please get to know us before you need us. Serving Pinellas and parts of Hillsborough and West Pasco. 727-307-7648.