Services

I have been asked to assist in navigating the family through medical bills, creating spiritual rituals, witnessing cremations, being with the children, among many other requests. I never know how I will end up serving a family because it is an unfolding that cannot be planned.

It may be that I never leave the bedside. It all depends on what is going on and what the family's wishes are that determine what I may be doing. As individual as a fingerprint is each person's death and each person's response to it. The individual situation and the family's wishes determine what I may be doing.

The compassionate, knowledgeable presence of a doula/midwife at the bedside of the dying
is a comfort to the family beyond words. I am told this over and over in my practice.

Most of what I am doing though is just 'being;' knowing I am there relieves the burden of having to know when to call hospice or having to be responsible for knowing when to give certain medications, etc. Those present can relax because they know there is a loving, stabilizing presence. The family is free to tend to their loved one and each other instead of worrying about details that I can handle.

Families find peace of mind by knowing there is a competent, trained, experienced person available to them. They receive expert guidance and support along the way. I will be there when they need me however they need me and we will know what that is as it presents itself. I will visit with them regularly and more often as their loved one approaches death. (Compensation is determined upon each individual circumstance.)

            Peace,

            Deanna