End - Of - Life Services
I offer a range of services to meet the needs of every client / family. You are welcome to combine what feels most supportive for your situation or look at the pre-made packages below.
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Legal Documentation:
Advance care planning
Enduring guardians & power of attorneys
Wills
Basic comfort care
Hydration, repositioning, creating a peaceful environment
Preparing the space for death: soft lighting, gentle music, familiar and meaningful items
Sitting vigil in the final days and hours. Peaceful, grounded presence.
Co-ordination
Co-ordinating & communicating with family and caregivers. Supporting shift rotation, assigning of tasks, people’s wishes.
Setting up meal trains, weekly timetable & community crowd funding.
Accompanying and transporting clients to medical or wellbeing appointments
Writing & Legacy Support
Writing and shaping funeral and memorial speeches that truly reflect the person’s life
• Editing or refining speeches while preserving the speaker’s authentic voice
• Creating written pieces that can be read aloud or kept as lasting keepsakes
• Working one-on-one with individuals to document their life story as a book
Recording online tapes & recorded messages to leave behind for loved ones
Offering a steady, non-judgemental presence and anchor
After-Death
Gentle body care: washing or dressing of body (independent or supporting loved ones to do themselves)
Arranging cold plate to person at home or co-ordinating with Solace End Of Life Services or a chosen funeral home to keep body with them until ceremony, burial or cremation
Facilitation of ceremony. Discussing the many options eg traditional, at home, alternative, public or private.
Support with burial options or cremation. Paper work etc.
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Deep listening and meaningful conversation
Supporting client to say what feels unfinished (apologies, gratitude, truths)
Normalising emotions & helping reduce fear of dying
Guided meditations & breath awareness
Honouring the person’s beliefs, values, and sense of meaning (religious or not)
Supporting connection to something greater eg nature, ancestry, love, mystery
Check ins with family and caregivers after death
Packages & Pricing
Please reach out for more info on packages & prices. I trust in open honest, respectful conversations about capacity and need. If cost is a barrier, I offer limited sliding scale options and payment plans. No one should be left without care.