A Death Doula is a non-medical person trained to care for someone holistically, taking into account the whole person’s needs at the end of life. The doula helps to make sure their emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical needs are met.

Death Doulas are people who support people in the end-of-life process, much like a midwife or birth doula does with the birthing process.

I found that writing was helpful for me in processing what I was going through while I was taking care of my Grandmother at the end of her life. Most of us are not prepared at all for what to expect as someone gets nearer to the end of their life.  I am sharing my experience and my new perspective from what I know now as a death doula.