Services

Practical Assistance

During our life we prepare for major events to ensure things run smoothly. Preparing for death is equally as important to avoid unnecessary burden on loved ones, and ensuring our wishes are known.

Aged Care Services Navigation

Assisting clients navigate the My Aged care system and register for home care services to assist clients remain independent in their home wherever possible.

Assist clients communicate with assessment teams and service providers to promote efficient and timely supports being introduced.

we have established relationships with most major Home Care Package “SaH” providers in Tasmania and self managed providers, EOL services are often able to be funded by SaH packages following discussions with your provider

Legal Documentation

Practical Support

Care coordination- assistance to communicate with your care team, including doctors & palliative care team, family near and far, friends, neighbors, hospice services, and more.

End of life planning: wake, funeral, memorial, burial, cremation, eco-friendly alternatives

Provide information on available choices & law for body care, funeral, burial & cremation practices in Tasmania. Eliminating features not desirable to client, reducing costs while respecting client wishes and values

Source translation services to facilitate communication with non English speaking clients and their families

Refer clients to supports, palliative care services, community service providers, allied health and/or alternative and natural therapies as requested

In home respite

Bereavement support

Supporting home based death care & home funeral

support to identify & access assessment/ funding for support services

Celebrancy; providing the option for families to seamlessly transition from end of life support to creating meaningful person-centered / memorials/ funerals/celebrations of life/ ritual and ceremonies

needs assessments and planning support

Creating networks, managing connections

decluttering service/ estate packing

Assisting clients prepare to move into residential care or transition from home care to hospice

Accompanying clients to medical appointments

Additional individualised services considered on request

Social support

Voluntary assisted dying

We are supportive of an individuals right to request Voluntary Assisted Dying “VAD”, provide emotional support to those considering and applying for the service. Are able to provide information around VAD to community members as prescribed in the Act

Emotional Support

Emotional Will and Legacy projects

Companion to the dying and their loved ones

Companionship and good listening

Support clients right to choose an end-of-life that is meaningful to them and consistent with their belief system, traditions and values (cultural, religious/spiritual or personal)

Provide emotional support to client and their loved ones, before, during and after death

Assists loved ones create an intimate and peaceful ‘space’

Meditation and breath awareness

Home care, supporting loved ones provide physical care, provide physical care

Bedside vigil

After death body care, laying out and ritual guidance

Pet Support

As a fur baby parent, I understand the emotional impact of losing a beloved member of the family. I offer emotional support to those preparing to say goodbye, support with managing vet appointments and burials by request.

Peace of mind your fur babies will be cared for, Pet rehoming will be arranged by request.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Educating community at ‘Grass Roots” level, applying a ‘Compassionate Community” approach

Community education around end of life choices

We host free community education events during Dying To Know Day “D2KD “, during Palliative Care week (pic of PCT talk panel) and Advanced Care Planning week. We speak at group gatherings like School for Seniors and PROBUS, often invited to community based expo’s where we will set up a stall to shed light on the work of doula and pretty much wherever else we are invited along to.

Support family with home care after death • • Co-ordinating resources, service providers • Community education • Facilitating support groups, death café’s

Compliant, approved and authorised to work with HCP and NDIS recipients

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