Frequently Asked Questions

I am a non-medical, compassionate support person with time and availability for visits and conversation:

- who meets you where you, your values, your priorities are

- who is familiar with the stages of serious illness, the dying process and what to expect

- who can assess your situation, empower you, and help you find out what is needed and where to get it

- who can help organize and prepare (documents) with you

- who is trained to provide the terminally ill and the dying (and their family) education and information about the end of life

- who can facilitate difficult conversations without intense emotional attachment

- who can assist with time and presence when needed, for respite and/or vigil

When you are going through serious illness, it can sometimes feel like it takes you over; like who you are as a person gets lost in the shuffle of medical procedures and worries.

This can leave you feeling powerless and helpless, and sometimes you get so exhausted that you just want to “give up”.

It is important to be heard and to feel valued for all of who you are. You are so much more than your medical condition.

My goal is to help you feel valued, heard, and comforted. I want to help you verbalize all the things that are important to you. 

I want you to understand that what you are going through doesn’t define who you are.

If you are approaching your time of death, I want to help you come to terms with that. I want to honor your process, and help you do and say what is still important for you. 

I want to support your loved ones and journey with them through your process, making sure respect and dignity are safeguarded and everyone’s feelings are heard, so nobody feels left alone.

That is entirely up to you. Ideally we connect at the time of diagnosis, when you and your family are stepping onto your journey with an illness that is potentially or immediately life shortening. After an initial conversation to see if we're a good fit, we may start out with a monthly check in and gradually - depending on your needs - meet more frequently. 

Depending on the services you desire, we will create a plan together that meets your status and circumstances.