Services
I offer a range of services to meet the needs of people and families facing the end of life in the comfort of their home or in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
Nursing Services:
Care Management and Private Duty Nursing
Facing a serious illness and/or the end of life is difficult. As an experienced Hospice Nurse, I can help by answering questions; explaining what to expect; teaching how to care for a loved one; organizing medications, treatments and supplies; coordinating care with other medical professionals; providing emotional support; making connections with community resources and more.
Care Management
For families living at a distance, coordinating and supervising a loved one's care can become frustrating and time consuming. I can help by visiting your loved one, wherever they may reside; providing support and education to live in caregivers; accompanying your loved one to doctor's appointments and reporting back, and more.
Private Duty Nursing
I can provide personalized, highly skilled care for those facing complex medical needs at home. I am experienced with IVs, peripheral and central infusion lines and infusion pumps, including IV pain medication; ostomy care; urinary catheters; oxygen therapy; tracheostomy care and complex dressings. This can be especially helpful when caregivers need some time for themselves and want the reassurance of having a professional caring for their loved one.
End of Life Doula Services:
End of Life Doula Care is holistic, supportive nonmedical care for the dying and their families. Doula services I offer include:
Assistance with determining a client's desires for their end of life care and ensuring that these goals are met by documentation in a Living Will, a Healthcare Power of Attorney and/or a POLST (Physician's Orders for Life Saving Treatment).
Assistance with funeral planning.
Assistance with coordinating caregiving by family and friends.
Facilitating conversations between family members.
Providing supportive holistic therapies such as essential oils, Kabbalistic healing, guided imagery, meditation and spiritual support. Providing referrals for other holistic therapies as desired.
Sitting vigil with the family to support them and their loved one during the transition from this life.
Assisting the family to provide loving care to the body of their loved one after death.
Assistance with determining a client's desires for their end of life care and ensuring that these goals are met by documentation in a Living Will, a Healthcare Power of Attorney and/or a POLST (Physician's Orders for Life Saving Treatment).
Assistance with funeral planning.
Assistance with coordinating caregiving by family and friends.
Facilitating conversations between family members.
Providing supportive holistic therapies such as essential oils, Kabbalistic healing, guided imagery, meditation and spiritual support. Providing referrals for other holistic therapies as desired.
Sitting vigil with the family to support them and their loved one during the transition from this life.
Assisting the family to provide loving care to the body of their loved one after death.
