Award-Winning Program Using QLC’s CareDoula® Method of Training​
We offer a variety of training options for your consideration.

​Our primary program is our private training which supports our public free education. This is our...
End-of-Life Doula Training Program
This program, a combination of course material, coaching and world community, will prepare you to become an end-of-life doula or death doula. It gives you the resources and information that you need to start a successful doula practice.

We also have a variety of Masterclasses (also in our QLC Resources Center) such as:
  •  "Doula Considerations: From First Visit Through Death,"
  • "Personal End-of-Life Plan: The CareDoula Approach," and 
  • "Reducing Suffering During Advanced Illness."

And, we have you covered with tons of free training! Our free mini-courses: "Create an End-of-Life Doula Service, No Matter Your Background," and "the Best 3 Things to Know When Someone You Know is Dying," will get you started on the right path.  Our Blog also has tons of great information, videos, and audios from beginning to end and insights into what you can expect on your doula journey.

End-Of-Life Doula Certification Program

Our end-of-life doula certification program includes everything that you need to run a death doula business.

Doula Masterclasses

Doula Considerations: From First Visit Through Death
This class includes what it takes to get grounded from your first visit through after death as a death doula in private practice.  We will go over everything from your own grounding, establishing connection from first visit on, processes, payment, closure; all of it. You will know the flow by the end of the workshop and you will know what you will need to do for yourself, where you are great, and where you need some work.
Personal End-of-Life Plan: The CareDoula Approach
This class is everything you would expect about what's most important and more. We need to do our own end-of-life planning, especially if we want to help others with theirs. We must have our bases completely covered! When we think about getting our affairs in order, it can sometimes be confusing. We may feel we have incomplete information as we are getting it from so many sources. So much is spoken about it and what's most important gets lost for many. Deanna outlines all the essential pieces for your own planning and gives you some excellent resources to further dive into. She answers the questions, "What really is important?"  "What should I do now?" "Are there things I haven’t thought of?"
Reducing Suffering During Advanced Illness
This class deeply explores the 3 main aspects of reducing suffering and bringing peace during this time period (before hospice entry).  There is so much misunderstanding about what can be most helpful here and there is not much clear guidance, as this time period of "advanced illness" (and what this means) is the murkiest of all! This is the time period when so much needless suffering occurs.

Free Training

Create an End-of-Life Doula Service, No Matter Your Background
This training includes what it takes to get grounded from your first visit through after death as a death doula in private practice.  We will go over everything from your own grounding, establishing connection from first visit on, processes, payment, closure; all of it. You will know the flow by the end of the workshop and you will know what you will need to do for yourself, where you are great, and where you need some work.

Best 3 Things to Know When Someone You Know is Dying
This training cover the concepts and support to know what to do when someone you know is dying. Some of you may have never dealt with death in the family or a close friend before, this can be a very scary time. You will have more confidence about the best things to do. Deanna covers the best approach to take when someone you know is dying, the first thing you should do when you find out someone you know is seriously ill or dying and how ONE powerful action can be the most supportive gift you can offer and more.

These blog posts are also packed with information:

WHAT DEATH DOULAS SHOULD KNOW, 5 PRO TIPS

END-OF-LIFE DOULA VIGIL DISCUSSION 

SUFFERING WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
It's All About You...
You are the most important person to us--YOUR vision. YOUR dream of service. Our curriculum was developed by Deanna, embodying her unique CareDoula® approach to the role of end-of-life doula.

Together, with the best of yours and Deanna’s experience, as well as evidence-based protocols and the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance standards, you will be richly supported to accompanying another person, their family, and the entire community system through dying.

You are guided through a thorough deep-dive into all aspects of self-care, creating a holistic private practice, and sound business applications specific to our end of life realm. All are welcome, as every single person must apply the basic tenets of a sound, powerful, and beautiful practice--whether or not you will be serving professionally.

Our program is powerful yet simple, comprehensive, and easy to follow with our course objectives, guidance system, self-assessments, and weekly assignments along the way.
How Does it Work?
STEP 1: Answer this - "Do I want to learn all I can to serve the dying in a powerful and beautiful way?"
STEP 2: If  YES, would you  like to consider our End-of-Life Doula Certificate Program?
STEP 3: If yes, Review our program ​HERE and join us!​
The Benefits to You of Our Program
  • Be “in the Know.” You have lifetime access to our comprehensive material and updates.
  • Strong Foundation. Deanna creates a powerful learning experience (intimate and timely to current events) specific to our healthcare system today, grounding you in confidence. Live weekly classes are taught by Deanna Cochran, Hospice RN & Doula in Private Practice, who will deeply engage with you and answer your personal questions each class.
  • Complete path from Diagnosis through Bereavement. You will learn everything to do for a family from the day of diagnosis of a serious or terminal illness, through living well as they die, through the bereavement time period. As the pandemic has created new needs due to the trauma associated with dying through these times, we are creating new trainings for this.
  • 3-in-One Training. Our CareDoula® Method incorporates the skills you need to practice as a Consultant, Service Provider, or Educator. We provide our Certified CareDoula® role as a sound practice model.
  • Doula Model of Care.  You are on the ground floor and will benefit from Deanna’s active participation presently, and in the past, in developing the professional standards advised by the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA). Deanna is a founding member of NEDA and present Chair of the End-of-Life Doula Advisory Council within the NHPCO (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization) for over the last 2 years. Her work in these 2 powerful organizations gives her a unique perspective of the challenges of our healthcare system which she fully shares with you.
  • Confidence. You can relax now knowing you are in loving, supportive hands. Deanna has been in the trenches long before there was an “end-of-life doula movement” and continues to lead in this space, collaborating with amazing people all working diligently to help people die well in this modern age. You are a part of that! She will connect you anyway she can. She will assist you in setting up connections with organizations you’d like to serve, if appropriate.
YOU are key to the continuing of this mission. People are counting on you to help bring quality of life and peace of mind as they die well in this modern age.
Who We Are
Quality of Life Care, LLC has been devoted to easing suffering at the end of life since 2005. We believe that with information comes empowerment, and with excellent training and experience comes confidence. We are dedicated to giving you a powerful, nourishing experience as you gain the tools necessary to accompany others through advanced illness and dying.
HUFFPOST: "A Growing Movement of 'Death Doulas' Is Rethinking How We Die"
NYT: "Doulas, Who Usher in New Life, Find Mission in Support for the Dying"
​TIME | Money: "7 New Jobs That Are So '2017'"
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Our Team
Deanna Cochran, RN
Founder
Danielle Cochran
Program Director
We Are Proud To Be A Member Of:
QLC Education Partners
We are proud to partner with pioneering individuals and companies on various projects in educating and serving our communities.
Our Mission
​Our mission is to provide exceptional education, support, and resources to families, caregivers, and organizations on issues related to advanced illness through bereavement. View our Values & History.
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