#endoflifedoula — Public Fediverse posts

Also I'd like to mention an another interesting project - Death Over Dinner (https://deathoverdinner.org/) it is an initiative launched in 2013 to spark conversations about death and end-of-life wishes over shared meals.

With over 100,000 dinners worldwide, it offers tools, prompts, a resource library (reads, watches, listens), and editions like Australian and Jewish.

Part of RoundGlass, it aims to normalize death talks, reducing suffering through communication.

#deathtaboo #lifeanddeath #caitlindoughty #quote #endoflifedoula #emotionalspace #therapy #supervision #endoflife #doula #griefsupport #loss #death #mortality #grief #support #life #existentialism

Also I'd like to mention an another interesting project - Death Over Dinner (https://deathoverdinner.org/) it is an initiative launched in 2013 to spark conversations about death and end-of-life wishes over shared meals.

With over 100,000 dinners worldwide, it offers tools, prompts, a resource library (reads, watches, listens), and editions like Australian and Jewish.

Part of RoundGlass, it aims to normalize death talks, reducing suffering through communication.

#deathtaboo #lifeanddeath #caitlindoughty #quote #endoflifedoula #emotionalspace #therapy #supervision #endoflife #doula #griefsupport #loss #death #mortality #grief #support #life #existentialism

The subject of death should no longer be taboo, because death is a part of life. Do not ignore this important part.

“Our great-grandparents were told that babies were found under gooseberry bushes or cabbages; our children are likely to be told that those who have passed on… are changed into flowers or lie at rest in lovely gardens.” — Caitlin Doughty

#deathtaboo #lifeanddeath #caitlindoughty #quote #endoflifedoula #emotionalspace #therapy #supervision #endoflife #doula #griefsupport #loss #death #mortality #grief #support #life #existentialism

The subject of death should no longer be taboo, because death is a part of life. Do not ignore this important part.

“Our great-grandparents were told that babies were found under gooseberry bushes or cabbages; our children are likely to be told that those who have passed on… are changed into flowers or lie at rest in lovely gardens.” — Caitlin Doughty

#deathtaboo #lifeanddeath #caitlindoughty #quote #endoflifedoula #emotionalspace #therapy #supervision #endoflife #doula #griefsupport #loss #death #mortality #grief #support #life #existentialism

The task of an end-of-life doula is therefore not to improve the client’s condition in the moment, but to create a safe and comfortable space so that they can understand and live their feelings here and now: express them, cry, get angry.

Contact with an end-of-life doula can significantly improve the condition of the dying person and their loved ones.

They do not have personal relationships with their clients and will not unload their emotions on them, even if it is difficult for them.

To cope with their condition, doulas undergo supervision and many also undergo personal therapy.

#endoflifedoula #emotionalspace #therapy #supervision #endoflife #doula #griefsupport #loss #death #mortality #grief #support #life #existentialism

The task of an end-of-life doula is therefore not to improve the client’s condition in the moment, but to create a safe and comfortable space so that they can understand and live their feelings here and now: express them, cry, get angry.

Contact with an end-of-life doula can significantly improve the condition of the dying person and their loved ones.

They do not have personal relationships with their clients and will not unload their emotions on them, even if it is difficult for them.

To cope with their condition, doulas undergo supervision and many also undergo personal therapy.

#endoflifedoula #emotionalspace #therapy #supervision #endoflife #doula #griefsupport #loss #death #mortality #grief #support #life #existentialism

Interest in home-based care without carer burnout is steadily increasing - especially as assisted dying options and better death literacy increase in different countries.

You can download the article at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Got questions? I'm here to help.

#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #VAD #MAID #AssistedDying #disability #carers #CarerBurnout #support #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #DeathDoula

Interest in home-based care without carer burnout is steadily increasing - especially as assisted dying options and better death literacy increase in different countries.

You can download the article at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Got questions? I'm here to help.

#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #VAD #MAID #AssistedDying #disability #carers #CarerBurnout #support #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #DeathDoula

The interest in preventing carer burnout continues to grow - let's all celebrate better death literacy!

The Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 3,600 times, have you read it yet? Download for free at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Want to know more? Online masterclasses will be offered in the second half of the year.

#GDEP #MallonModel #EndOfLife #carer #network #EOLD #EndOfLifeDoula #Disability #rehabilitation #ComCom

Carer burnout is a worldwide problem - from end of life to disability and long-term rehabilitation support, carers and networks can struggle.

The Mallon Model can solve carer and support system problems, and help streamline end of life doula services. Read the free article and book a masterclass if you want to learn more. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #MallonModel #EOLD #EndOfLifeDoula #disability #DisabilitySupport #CarerBurnout #HealthCareWorker

Wondering how end of life doulas and compassionate community work intersects to benefit carers and support networks? Or if disability and long-term care from home could be improved?

Try this, it's free to read: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #EOLD #EOLDAC #ComCom #CompassionateCommunity #DeathDoula #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLDUK #research #CarerBurnout #MallonModel #disability #rehabilitation

Who says international research groups aren't glamorous??! We're here and deathy from Australia (me, in pink 🦘), Canada, the UK and USA - and the End of Life Doula Association of Canada & Douglas College have been invaluable in making this all happen.

We're here in New Westminster BC Canada for the International End of Life Doula Research Group (IEOLDRG) symposium and sea-map planning session for the next year or two. We were joined on Zoom by people from several countries who are eager to help shape and inform research directions. Such a rich week we are having - thank you everyone!

Stay tuned for updates.

#GDEP #research #collaboration #EOLDAC #EOLDUK #SeaMap #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #identity #ideas #group #work #GoodStuff

After a fascinating and thought-provoking day of presentations which used the prompt "Rethinking end of life doulas and..." at Douglas College in New Westminster BC, I have a weekend to grapple with my jetlag before diving into our symposium work with the International End of Life Doula Research Group. Thank you to the End of Life Doula Association of Canada and Douglas College (which has a terrific training program for EOLDs, including First Nations people and cultural needs).

Including representatives from the four countries where EOLDs are most strongly represented (Australia -me! - Canada, UK and USA), this upcoming week will explore research options and ideas for the next year or two.

I suspect a truckload of grant writing is in my future!

Stay tuned for updates and have a great day. Oh Canada! 🇨🇦

#GDEP #EOLD #IEOLDRG #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #research #collaboration #community #discussion #symposium #DeathPositive #planning #DeathLiteracy

Vancouver BC airport arrivals and immigration hall.

#travel #IEOLDRG #EndOfLifeDoula #research #DeathDoula #FirstNations #textilrs #FibreArt #weaving #beauty #vancouver #canada #art

I worked at Advanced Care Planning Australia in 2017-2018, and I had a small hand in the project management of these animated videos.

After the Communications Manager left, I stepped up to see them through to completion. Produced by Creativa, it won Gold recognition in the 2018 Muse Creative Awards.

Working at ACPA planted the seed for becoming an end of life doula.

#EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #AdvanceCarePlanning #ACPweek23

Have you considered what kind of medical care you want if you can't speak for yourself?

It's National Advance Care Planning Week, and 'the time is now' to think about–and talk about–your values and preferences regarding future health care and end-of-life.

Advance care planning is key to ensuring your wishes are respected. Start the conversation.

https://smallhours.com.au/the-time-is-now-talking-about-advance-care-planning/

#EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #AdvanceCarePlanning #HealthcareDecisions #ACPweek23

Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day. I went to the hospital to witness paperwork for a patient who is seeking voluntary assisted dying.

Voluntary Assisted Dying is available in #Victoria (and other states) to people who meet the eligibility criteria. The law allows a person in the late stages of advanced disease to seek medical help to end their life. Some of the paperwork requires two witnesses.

#VoluntaryAssistedDying #VAD #AssistedDying #Euthanasia #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

I finally leapt and published my new end of life doula services website and social media profiles. I invite you to check them out and connect with me on these accounts for end of life information.

https://smallhours.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/SmallHoursDoula
https://www.instagram.com/smallhoursdoula

#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

Wow! My Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 2,800 times!

Am so chuffed.

The article is free to access, and workshops are available. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #MallonModel #research #sociology #EndOfLife #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #ComCom

How not to treat people with face blindness (and lose business goodwill at the same time) - insist that the person (who you know cannot remember faces) will "figure it out, so I'll leave you to it" and walk off smirking.

For me,this is awful to experience.

And fair warning: I will get some help, figure out who you are, and never - ever - refer people to you because you are neither safe nor compassionate and we work in allied fields. Because if you do this to me and you have met me, what will you do to someone with trauma, special needs, other challenges?!

Be kind to others, and don't play spiteful games with people, it hurts everyone.

Have a good, and compassionate, day.

#GDEP #FaceBlindness #PersonalStory #EndOfLifeDoula #GriefTherapist #honesty #kindness #compassion

I read 'Attending the Dying: A Handbook of Practical Guidelines' by Megory Anderson this week. This handbook is for Christian pastoral care workers supporting people who are actively dying. It's only 120 pages, but it is full of practical information, and it would be helpful for anyone caring for others at the end of life. Maybe I will review it on my new death doula business website (coming soon).

#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #PalliativeCare

Is your advance planning done, and done well?

If you need support, advice or insights I'm here to help.

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #AdvancePlanning #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DetailsMatter #support #LetsTalk

Let's change a toxic and exclusionary practice that is rife in the language of end of life work: "walking".

Based on a quote by Californian man Ram Dass ("we're all just walking each other home"), western - predominantly white - EOL doulas, volunteers, speakers and therapists repeat this phrase like a chant. However, it is unnecessarily ableist, and therefore exclusion, in nature. Because not everyone walks, ambulates, or has control over muscle and locomotion in life - and none of us are up and around when we are dying.

Using "walk" or "walking" instead of words that indicate a role of accompanying or companioning the dying makes invisible people with disabilities, who are already marginalised. Disabled carers and those close to a dying person are also excluded when phrases of this kind are employed. Let's do better.

What words and phrases could you use instead of discriminating against disabled people?

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #ableism #language #inclusion #disability #change #respect #visibility #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #EOLD

My Mallon Model article is in the Palliative Care and Social Practice journal list of "most read articles"!

At over 2,600 downloads I am proud to be contributing to better home-based care, especially for end of life, by helping avoid carer burnout. Click here to get the free article for yourself: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/26323524211052569

ID: the Mallon Model article on this list.

#GDEP #MallonModel #research #PeerReviewed #WritersOfMastodon #happiness #achievement #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #VAD #carers #sociology #PalliativeCare #ComCom

Published 14 months ago, my Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 2,600 times! This is an incredible achievement for original, independent research and I am incredibly chuffed.

This tells me that the demand for simple, effective ways to support home-based care without carer burnout is genuine - and I am so proud to be helping to make this a reality. Disability care, long-term rehabilitation, and home-based end of life and death can all be made safer and easier with this model. Share widely if you can. ☺️

Download the free article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Got questions? I'm happy to help.

#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #caring #network #support #EndOfLife #research #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #disability #EOLD #VAD #AskAnnetta

Tonight I attended Preparing the Way's end-of-year virtual celebration. It was great to see end of life doulas from across Australia and hear about their challenges and achievements this year. It's been a whirlwind, and everyone is excited about 2023.

#EndOfLifeDoula #PreparingTheWay

I drove to Hobart and back today for an end of life doula-specific information session about Voluntary Assisted Dying in Tasmania, run by the fabulous VAD committee.

A brilliant morning of information capped by the discovery that THERE ARE PENGUINS FROLICKING AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING!!

Stay tuned for upcoming information sessions in 2023.

#fun #VAD #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #statues #PublicArt #penguins #happiness #joy #GDEP #tasmania

My hour-long presentation on how to use social media to grow your business for end of life doulas went well. I might be developing a Masterclass for 2023.

#SocialMedia #EndOfLifeDoula

Great news! I will be in Canada next April to deliver a keynote at the send of Life Doula association conference, as well as for the research symposium with some highly esteemed colleagues. I'm thrilled!

#travel #GDEP #canada #EOLD #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #squee

Next week I'm giving a 30-minute presentation on how end of life doulas can use social media to grow their businesses. I could talk about this subject for days.

#SocialMedia #EndOfLifeDoula #business

Yay! I am off to Canada in April for the end of life doula working group and conference, thanks to some grant money and hard work by a colleague. The only downside? I was invited on the condition that I do a stand-up comedy routine about death, dying and end of life.

I have successfully avoided stand-up for hundreds of years because the idea terrifies me. Time to face a fear!...

#conference #EndOfLifeDoula #travel #gratitude #standup #BloodyTerrified #Canada

#introduction
Born in #Scotland, living in #RhodeIsland, loving in #Denmark.

Fired up about the toxic culture (literal and figurative) we have in the west around #DeathandDying - we can #DoDyingBetter

I founded #Morternity as an #EndofLifeDoula and #DeathAdocate for the #DeathCurious and to connect folks with options like #GreenBurial #HomeFuneral and #HumanComposting My #Podcast #WildandPreciousEndings drops in early 2023

Became a #NewEntrepreneur #WomanEntrepreneur with help from my #AltMBA friends. So happy to be here to see how this #Grassroots social media can promote real #HumanConnection

Don't have a cat 🤷🏾

Fun fact about me: I am also a social researcher. I have a PhD in social science and conduct qualitative, feminist research.

One outcome of my research with end of life doulas in four countries is a standardised approach to creating and maintaining micro compassionate community networks for those who want to die at home. Because carer burnout is a huge problem in terms of public health - and the Mallon Model helps prevent carer burnout.

This model also works for disability and long-term rehabilitation home support.

Read the free article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#research #EndOfLife #ComCom #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #sociology #DeathPositive #PublicHealth #GDEP #MallonModel #OpenAccess #AcademicChatter #disability #network #care #support

I'm Holly, and this is my #introduction. My interests/pursuits include #EndOfLifeDoula / #DeathWalking #HospiceNursing #energetichealing being part of the Maker contemporary shamanic tradition, #voiceOver work #EffigyMound caretaking, #pottery #ProgressiveLeft social justice issues, road trips/camping/discovering, #LoreKeeping and #Lore making. Would love to follow #storytellers #poets #MythMakers and those who are into chasing the #natural #strange and #unknown for their own knowledge. Hello!