Customizable Supports and Services:

• palliative & hospice care
• Death Café* & Dinner**
• informal discussions on end of life
• grief and bereavement
• available supports for caregivers
• personal resources
• mental health skill-building
• death and dying

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• Appointment companion - listen and take notes during your health care appointments related to death and dying
• Illness coordination - book appointments,  schedule for medication-renewals &  supply-ordering, etc.
• Assisting with end of life document completion: Advance Care Planning
• Assisting with Legacy / Memorial projects: writing letters, cards, wrap gifts to be shared with a person (after death) on important dates.
• Assistance in research for larger requests – body disposition, pet re-homing after the death of an owner, referrals for legal, funeral services, medical questions or concerns, hospice, palliative care, psychological services, musician services, etc.
• Making lists to help identify what careful / thoughtful items should go to which loved one.

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I offer referrals to other services, who may help you in your search for further knowledge or care in: 

• hospice & palliative care
• legacy work
• funeral & burials
• psychological & therapeutic
• legal services (wills, power of attorney, etc.)

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Allowing time and space to work out your thoughts and emotions; I am your sounding board & reality checker.

I embrace humour and am not easily offended.

Holding space for your grief, whether from HUMAN or PET loss. I will walk your journey with you, through pain, loneliness, and healing.

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Companionship and planning support in pet loss.

• Attend vet visit and review end-of-life care options
• Provide emotional and logistical support during the dying process; I will sit with your pet, if you cannot.
• Discuss memorial plans and provide grief support.
• Pick up and delivery of pet cremains, if cremated.

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• Advocacy
• Nursing knowledge and observation skills
• Care or illness coordination: assist with care appointment tracking, scheduling, medication and supply ordering for renewals
• Conflict resolution
• Mental Health skills training and grief and bereavement support
• Light foot or hand massage at end of life

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•  Companionship down memory lane through stories and photo albums
• Irregular respite visits for family members
• Fixing light meals
• Going for walks, coffee...
• Playing cards or board games
• Arts and craft activities
• Reading aloud from favourite books, magazines, news sources
• Word searches, crossword puzzles
• Small jobs: folding laundry, placing online grocery orders or pick up of smaller grocery items/lists

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 Non-judgemental support and personal advocacy, after your decision for MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying).

As a Registered Nurse, I do not offer advice in your decision-making process, nor am I authorized to prescribe or provide MAiD requests.

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 No one has to be alone at this time; nor do you have to be the only care provider for your loved one.

Let me help with RESPITE, so you have time to care for yourself.

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