Family-directed after-deathcare: The Doula role

Live Online Webinar, Tuesday Nov. 14, 5:00-6:15 pm Pacific Time

Historically, care for the dead was handled by family and community – and legally, it is still our right to do so. But for many, our ancestral ways of caring for each other after death have been forgotten. We’ll review  the systemic barriers often encountered by families, and how to address these through diligent education and advocacy. Awareness of these barriers, acknowledging them with community partners, and assisting interested families via education and strategizing ways around any barriers, is part of a compassionate, community care model. We will discuss aspects of deathcare now outsourced to professionals – bathing, dressing, and transporting the body; sourcing a casket, shroud or urn; handling the paperwork – and consider the benefits of more hands-on engagement.

We are committed to making our programming accessible to all. If the $25 tuition creates a financial barrier to your participation, please email info@thepeacefulpresenceproject.org to request scholarship assistance.

GUEST PRESENTER : HOLLY PRUETT

Holly Pruett brings people together to help prepare for, live with, and talk about death. As a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant she works with families and communities to create unique, personalized ceremonies of bereavement and remembrance, including supporting families to care for their dead at home. With a Masters in Applied Behavioral Science, Holly is certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying & Bereavement by the Association for Death Education & Counseling; and has completed Professional Presence End of Life Doula training with The Peaceful Presence Project, Home Funeral Guide training with Final Passages, and eight+ years of study with Stephen Jenkinson at the Orphan Wisdom School. Holly is the co-creator of Oregon Funeral Resources & Education, a non-commercial website informing Oregonians of legal rights and resources when death occurs, and a related website for Washingtonians.