Services Available to Clients

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Emotional Support:

• Deep active listening
• Holding space for healing 
• Inviting emotional processing
• Encouraging open, honest conversation

Practical Support:

• Set-up and facilitate Zoom meetings e.g., care/support team meetings
• Information gathering and resource curation
• Help create support team and identify roles
• Calling funeral homes for pricing/information

Education/Planning in the areas of:

• Beginning end of life planning, whether healthy or ill
• Disposition Options e.g., traditional burial, green/natural burial, aquamation, terramation and cremation
• Paperwork e.g., Advance Directives, POLST (Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
• Recognizing signs and symptoms of active dying
• After-death body care coaching
• Accessing Community Resources
• MAID-Medical Aid in Dying
• VSED-Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking

Tools We Use:

• Legacy Project - The emotional and spiritual inheritance you leave behind, e.g, letter writing, photo album, etc.
• Vigil Plan - A plan for how the dying person wishes the last days of life to look, sound and feel. It engages the senses, is grounded in their values and guides visitors during the final days.
• Guided imagery sessions and rituals
• Best 3 Months of Life: A vision map for end of life care

Client Advocacy:

• Speak to the hospice/palliative team
• Support visitors in respecting Vigil Plan

Bereavement:

• After-death reprocessing visit
• Grief resources

What Evening Star EOL Doulas are NOT:

Counselors/social workers, medical providers, funeral directors, physical caregivers, legal/financial advisors; however, we can help identify resources for you in these and any related areas.  Contact us for additional clarification.