Resources for island death doulas, caregivers, hospice workers & death-curious people
PODCASTS
EOL University: Episode 468 -Supporting Family Caregivers: https://eolupodcast.com/2024/08/26/ep-468-supporting-family-caregivers-notes-from-the-
field-with-gabrielle-elise-jimenez/
EOL University: Episode 466 -Palliative care doc talks about deep listening: https://eolupodcast.com/2024/08/12/ep-466-listening-to-patients-near-the-end-of-life-with-christina-gomez-md/
EOL University: Episode 462 -Creating Sacred https://eolupodcast.com/2024/07/08/ep-462-archive-creating-sacred-space-for-the-dying-with-kitty-edwards/
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Anderson Cooper, All there is: Season 1 Ep 1. 43 min: A grief conversation w/
Stephen Colbert. The two talk show hosts talk about their own personal complex losses
VIDEOS
Being Mortal (full documentary) 54 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQhI3Jb7vMg
“Griefwalker” Documentary about Stephen Jenkinson
Francis Weller on Grief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6-uktHo0A
Sanjiban 8 min. https://vimeo.com/37991121
TED Talk: Watch Dr. BJ Miller “What really matters at the end of Life.” and “Reclaiming the end of life as a human experience.”
Nurse Julie Hospice RN: YouTube -Julie is compassionate, real, bold, and says it like it is when she gives people information about what dying looks like.
WEBSITES
Medical Aid in Dying, VSED, Directives and After-Death care
DEATH WITH DIGNITY: Washington State Dept of Health, instructions/forms https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/health-statistics/death-dignity-act/forms-patients-and-providers
Dementia Directive End of Life Washington https://endoflifewa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Alzheimers.Dementia.Directive-July-2023.pdf
Advance Directive for Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) Washington Forms
https://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/resource/vsed-directive
American Clinicians Academy for Medical Aid in Dying: Provides procedures for mixing meds, patient to doctor referrals and more, EOL doula bedside care https://www.acamaid.org/
Checklist: What to to do when death occurs in Washington: https://legalvoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/After-a-Death-Occurs-A-Checklist-FINAL-2023.pdf
Checklist: Life and Death documents to have: https://legalvoice.org/life-and-death-planning-checklist/
San Juan County Cemetery District https://orcascemetery.org/index.html
Mt Baker Cemetery: A plot at Mt Baker Cemetery is 5 feet by 10 feet unless otherwise described. No casket interments allowed, only urns. Up to 8 urn burials may be
allowed per plot.
Woodlawn Cemetery: Cemetery plot is 4feet by 8 feet. Allows 4 urn burials; or one casket burial plus up to 3 urn burials allowed per plot.
University of Washington Body donation: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/about/willed-body-program
Full Circle Living of Living and Dying — A Non profit based in Nevada County, CA. resources, not only for CA residents. Trained EOL doulas, offer care planning,
community educational talks and home-based death care. https://www.fullcirclelivingdyingcollective.com
End of life doula Alliance: https://www.endoflifedoulaalliance.com/
Compassion and Choices—An organization whose work is to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. Advocating for Medical Aid in Dying across the U.S. Website has forms that can be downloaded for end-of-life planning. Details on MAID, various directives, https://www.compassionandchoices.org
FIVE WISHES: A pamphlet that allows one to go through and write about all aspects of their dying, after death care and burial wishes. https://www.fivewishes.org/for-myself/
Natural Organic Reduction (NOR) (Legal and available in CA) For information about Natural Organic Reduction/Composing Human Remains: https://recompose.life/
Aquamation/Water Cremation/Alkaline Hydrolysis (Available in WA & CA). The process, referred to as water cremation or Aquamation, Bio-cremation, or flameless
cremation, much more environmentally friendly way to dispose of a body after death. https://bonneywatson.com/disposition/aquamation-services/ (Washington)
Find A Grave: This website finds graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials or add photos, virtual flowers and a note to a love one’s memorial. Search or browse
cemeteries and grave records for everyday and famous people from around the world. https://www.findagrave.com/
Green Burial: This is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions,
protection of worker health, https://www.greenburialcouncil.org
Barbara Karnes End-Of-LIfe Education Materials for Families and Professionals https://bkbooks.com/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABYV2_TClKGsjnFLFcq8JZ5Fqz-0e&gclid=CjwKCAjw68K4BhAuEiwAylp3ktYswr26I78_Dp_-E5JsuGz0vwzFLqcuqQ-KzYdlq0-OP7s4xZ7kQhoCOX4QAvD_BwE
Home-based funeral
National Home Funeral Alliance: https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/
Funeral Consumer Alliance: https://funerals.org/
The Inspired Funeral website: (funeral ideas, ceremony, readings) https://www.theinspiredfuneral.com/
Death Doula Liability Insurance (not required, optional): https://cphins.com/death-doula/
BOOKS
The Wild Edge of Sorrow, Soul grief work, by Francis Weller
Finding Peace at the End of Life: A Death Doula’s Guide for Families and Caregivers, Henry Fersko-Weiss,
Caring For the Dying: A Doula’s Approach to a Meaningful Death by Henry Fersko-Weiss
Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, and Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble, Stephen Jenkinson
Final Gifts, Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelly
A Year to Live, Stephen Levine
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche