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From blogs, videos, podcasts and interviews: find resources that answer your questions about being an end-of-life doula. 
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Food when we are dying

3/15/2019

 
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​Most of the time, a person who is dying does not want to eat or drink as much. It is hard on us who love the person, not on them usually.  It is hard for us to stop feeling we should be encouraging our person to eat or drink if they don’t want to. 

And so many of us feel guilty about this 

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Presence with dying

12/15/2011

 
In providing emotional support, we are helping to create a peaceful environment.

Emotional support is the essence of our presence. During our entire journey with the dying and their family our presence is one of the most stabilizing gifts we can offer. 

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After Death Care

11/5/2011

 
This article is for those people called to be a doula for the dying.

After someone has died, I encourage the family to take as long as they need to be with their loved one. I encourage them to wait before they call hospice and have as much private time as they can now because once you call hospice, action begins to remove the body.

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Goodbyes to our dying

9/4/2010

 
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My mom didn’t want to talk about dying. She was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma the Thursday after Mother’s Day 2005 and was dead the Wednesday before Father’s Day. I was in a whirlwind - just focused on caring for her. We didn’t have the conversations of ​missing each other, or sharing the sadness 

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The Death of our Cat & Home Funerals

5/29/2010

 
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​We never know how someone feels about something until we do.16 years ago I went to our local humane society and adopted an adorable white and black long haired cat; we named her Alice. My daughters were 2 and 4 years old and I was married to their dad at 


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death rattle

2/21/2010

 
​Most of us have heard this term. It is the noisy rattling sound a dying person makes that can be very disturbing to hear. 

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final stage of living

2/4/2010

 
As a person nears the end of life, there are some very basic similarities that may be seen which cross the type of illness or 'reason' for dying. 

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Agitation vs. Sedation

1/27/2010

 
There is a phenomenon called terminal agitation, which may occur when a person is near the end of life.

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potential for peace As WE Die

12/30/2009

 
​I found a cassette tape under a bunch of papers on my desk and put it in my recorder (that barely works). When I pressed play this is where it began:

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Breathing patterns

12/19/2009

 
When someone is dying a natural death, there is a breathing pattern that usually happens. It goes something like this: a deep breath or two, then holding it, followed by a shallow breath or two, and so on. It is an uneven pattern of inhales and exhales. It can be scary if you don't know it is coming.

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