Learn how death doulas can benefit both patients and staff when they are added to the hospice interdisciplinary team.
Today I’m sharing an interview with Sherry Majewski who is a hospice-certified LPN who went to become a Certified Death Doula and is now helping her employer create a doula program within the hospice. We talk about the benefits and challenges of adding doulas to the hospice team and why this is an important step forward as we work to improve care for the dying. Learn more about Sherry’s doula services at her website:
This interview includes:
- How Sherry became certified as a death doula through NPEC
- What has been missing in hospice care for patients and how death doulas can help fill in the gaps
- Advice for doulas who would like to start working with hospices
- How hospice staff members can benefit from receiving doula training themselves
- Benefits of doula care for patients, families, hospice staff members and the hospice organization as a whole
- Challenges of introducing a doula program to hospice
- Why certification is important for a death doula
Links mentioned in this episode:
- From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
- NHPCO EOL Doula Council
- NEDA: National EOL Doula Alliance
- NPEC: National Professional EOL Doula Certification
- Doula training programs with Suzanne O’Brien RN, Deanna Cochran RN, Olivia Bareham
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