Dr. Jackie Yaeger is an EOL Doula

5/27/2019

What?!? You may be asking yourself. You did hear right. Dr. Jackie Yaeger is extraordinary in many ways as you will see below in our interview and her bio. I am so grateful she and I found each other and it has been my honor to work closely with her. I want you to know her too.

You all know that I work with people from

Food when we are dying

3/15/2019

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

Real EOL Doula Stories: Elizabeth

2/2/2019

Meet Elizabeth, a massage therapist and end-of-life doula in private practice. She shares her story with us here of how she was a hospice volunteer and naturally came to develop her end of life private practice. She also shares about a new technique she developed for practitioners who

Real EoL Doula Stories: Melissa

12/18/2018

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Strong spiritual leaders need support too in comforting their circles and guiding their tribe in the ways of accompanying the dying. Most of us are not confident in serving at the end of life unless we have had numerous special experiences or special training.

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Real EOL Doula Stories: Sarah

12/4/2018

We dream. We know we are meant to serve others at the end of life. We play around with ideas how all we have accomplished in our lives will fit in with all we know and love to do--how can we pull this all

Late Hospice Entry

9/8/2018

There is a very familiar complaint so many of us have in hospice circles, and that is of late entry into hospice service. It is not an easy fix for sure. I rarely here this reason (that is shared in the video). Both my parents had it.

Read this excellent opinion article from the San Diego Tribune about what is going on in medical circles that contributes to the issue:"Why Hospice Care Should Start Sooner Rather Than Later."

And then there is the issue of the family resisting, of medical staff not understanding and following

Being an eoL doula is a gift

6/26/2018

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Many times I’m asked why it's my mission to champion the needs and validity of the end of life doula. So, I’m going to share some stories of real end of life doulas.

Sarah’s story is so important because this is someone that has already experienced the death of her own parents and had many other life experiences that showed her why this work is so important.

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End of Life Doula Council

3/9/2018

What an important time in the history for the end of life doula movement!

Our national trade organization, The Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is creating an End of Life Doula Council to educate both consumers and hospices and palliative care clinics about

Self Care for death doulas, midwives, guides

12/16/2017

We are caring for our own families and friends. And, we are Professional caregivers have an increased responsibility to take care of ourselves, as we care for so many others. Not only our livelihood depends on caring for our number one asset, ourselves, but the care we give others too.

But isn't there the "proof" that all is well (even when we don't) as many of us have worked on an empty tank and everything turned out ok, right? Or did it?

Palliative Care in Ecuador

11/29/2017

We are so proud of all the work of end of life advocates around the world and our CareDoula Alumni, Sophia Plonski, is right there in the middle of it in Ecuador!

I am amazed with our CareDoula alumni Sofia Plonski. She came in our program over a year ago with a desire to support her country, Ecuador, to get all they need for care during advanced illness and end of life. And now, in such a short time, she is involved with international initiatives in Central and South America!

In the meantime, she experienced both in her own family and continued on with beautiful dedication honoring not only

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Dr. Jackie Yaeger is an EOL Doula

Food when we are dying

Real EOL Doula Stories: Elizabeth

Real EoL Doula Stories: Melissa

Real EOL Doula Stories: Sarah

Late Hospice Entry

Being an eoL doula is a gift

End of Life Doula Council

Self Care for death doulas, midwives, guides

Palliative Care in Ecuador

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