SUPPORTING YOU TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE CARE AT END OF LIFE AND AFTER DEATH 

Dying2Care is dedicated  to end of life care support  Led by a Registered Nurse, with over 30 years of experience in community and in-patient settings, both as a senior nurse, a change agent, policy writer, and an educator/facilitator.

 I do not call clients patients rather  I think of them as friends, ensuring that  I work in partnership with them and their family, acknowledging that they remain in control of their lives and are their own experts.  I offer kindness and reassurance on this journey 

 I am also qualified in the use of therapeutic massage and aromatherapy to provide comfort at the end of life.

Using a compassionate approach ensures those receiving our support are able to enjoy their final days in peace and comfort with those they hold dear.

• Education & Training-I am happy to share my knowledge and experience to provide bespoke palliative and end of life care training packages to meet the needs of a broad range of learners. Subject matter made include the following topics

-   Communication skills training

-   Symptom management

-   National policy

-   Advance Care Planning

-   Recognising dying

-   Self care for carers.

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• Consultancy  -   I have experience in service redesign  and transformation which I have used to  support organisations across the independent, the charitable sector and the NHS.

• Service Improvement  -  I have experience of working with organisations to review and improve their service provision.

• Advice and support  - Supporting clinicians and service users as request with navigation of the health care system and providing advocacy.

• Soul Midwifery Support-working with people on a 1 to 1 basis or supporting the person alongside those they love, Support is offered pre, during and post death. This may include gentle touch therapies, memory work, advance care planning, vigiling at end of life and care after death.

• TLC training having qualified with the Soul Midwifery school. This training is particularly useful for formal and informal carers, domiciliary care agencies and care home staff who are caring for people at end of life.

• Funeral Celebrancy   I offer kindness, compassion and gentleness working with you to plan a funeral or memorial ceremony that celebrates the life of your loved one. I can provide a bespoke ceremony in a range of venues including the traditional churches and crematorium and the less traditional settings of woodland burial sites . I am happy to work with the funeral director of your choice.

• Pet memorial services.  I can support you by providing a ceremony to celebrate the love you shared with your pet, I can provide this at an internment of your pets ashes , at the graveside, or purely in memorial.