Services Provided

Advance Care Planning Facilitation

I can provide guidance to help you, your family, your congregation or community group to:

  • Decide how you want to live your life and be treated when you can't speak for yourself or need help speaking to medical teams

  • Decide who you want to communicate those decisions for you when you can’t (hint: it may not be your spouse or first born!)

  • Learn how to discuss your wishes with your loved ones

  • Learn how to document your wishes, understand what documents you need and when

  • Understand the care you will likely receive if you don't plan in advance

  • Understand the role of a hospitalist v. your own doctors

  • Think through your illness with the 4StepiCare plan before you speak to your doctor

  • Choose treatment options that align with your wishes

  • Speak clearly and comprehensively with your doctor

Advance Care Planning for Healthcare or Spiritual Care Professionals

My presentation can help you and your team learn:

  • How to share and discuss a hard-to-hear diagnosis

  • How to learn about a patient’s goals of care 

  • What is important to people when they are dying

  • Why you need to know about a patient’s goals of care before suggesting medical treatments

  • When is it time and appropriate to discuss comfort care v curative care

  • The difference between Palliative Care and Hospice

End-Of-Life Support

  • I can provide support for life's toughest moments for patients and their families

  • Facilitate intimate conversations

  • Grief support

Funerals and Weddings:

  • Non-denominational life-cycle services that are spiritual and personal

  • Personalized wedding service after meeting with the spouses-to-be

  • Funerals that capture the essence of your loved one after conversations that go deep with family

Bedside Care:

This is hard. Reach out for guidance and support.