The End-of-Life Journey: Practical and Emotional Insights from Death Doulas
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Every end-of-life journey is unique, and no one should have to navigate it alone. Through powerful real-life case studies, this presentation offers an inside look at how death doulas provide practical guidance, emotional support, and compassionate advocacy long before the final moments of life.
Explore how advance planning, legacy work, caregiver support, family dynamics, cultural perspectives, and collaboration with professionals—including patient advocates—can help individuals preserve dignity, honor personal wishes, and reduce stress for loved ones.
Whether you are a healthcare professional, caregiver, or simply planning ahead, you’ll leave with meaningful insights into how compassionate end-of-life support can transform one of life’s most profound experiences.
This webinar is approved by the Patient Advocate Certification Board (PACB) for 1.5 J.E.D.I. BCPA Continuing Education credits.
By the end of this session, participants will learn:
- Death doulas often begin supporting people and families well before the final bedside moment.
- End-of-life work includes both practical and emotional support, with the goal of empowering the dying person and their constellation of care.
- Planning ahead can reduce stress for loved ones and create more space for grief.
- Each end-of-life experience is deeply personal, and ideas about a “good death” can vary widely.
- Understanding different cultural perspectives and practices in end-of-life work is essential. The presenters will emphasize curiosity, humility, and avoiding assumptions in this work.
Practical insights for providing compassionate, person-centered support throughout the end-of-life journey.
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You will recieve an email, after checking out, with a unique passcode to input above enabling this webinar.
Continuing Education webinars are open to NAHAC members and the general public looking to enhance their knowledge and receive continuing education credit.
Keri Winchester, M.S. & Marni Blank, JD
Keri Winchester, M.S., End-of-Life Doula - Living and Leaving
With over 30 years of experience as a medical speech-language pathologist and serving as a Death Doula since 2021, Keri provides compassionate guidance to individuals and families navigating the end-of-life journey. As the founder of Living and Leaving, she supports people and their circle of loved ones by fostering meaningful conversations, advance planning, and informed decision-making that honors each person’s values and wishes.
Her training includes Going with Grace, the National End-of-Life Doula Alliance, Grief Educator Training with David Kessler, International Doula Life Movement End-of-Life Doula Specialist certification, and Certified Life Planning.
Marni Blank, JD, End-of-Life & After Loss Professional - Begin With The End
Marni Blank, JD is an End-of-Life & After-Loss Consultant based in Brooklyn, New York, and the founder of Begin With The End. She works with families during three of the hardest stretches of a loved one’s later life: planning ahead together, supporting a caregiver in the middle of it, and walking executors through the months after a death.
With a background in law, mediation, and end-of-life doula training, she bridges the emotional and logistical pieces of this work that often fall through the cracks. She works virtually across the United States and in person in New York City.