February 8th Nurse & Certified Nursing Assistant Combined Community Chat from 3-4 pm ET
Title: End of Life Doulas and the IDT
A newer member to welcome to the hospice team carrying for patients and their caregivers at end of life. Many think of a “Doula” as a person present at childbirth to help “coach” during the birthing process. However, Doula’s can help at the end of life as well.
An end-of-life doulas are non-medical companions to the dying and their families providing a wide range of holistic services, including physical, emotional, spiritual, and practical support. And now, end of life doulas are joining the hospice team.
Watch the recording to learn more about end of life doulas and how they can become part of the team providing excellent end of life care.
Presented by:
Marina McGough is the current Chairman of the NHPCO End of Life Doula Council and the National Director of Volunteer Services at Ascend Hospice.
Marina has over 20 years’ experience in Volunteer Management and has worked in hospice for the past 14 years. She completed her training as an end of Life doula in 2017. Following her training, she worked in conjunction with Quality of Life Care to establish a volunteer end of life doula program at Ascend Hospice in all of their agencies located across the United States.
Marina is a graduate from West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She credits her career in hospice with introducing her to many complimentary therapies that can be utilized during end of life care and became a Reiki Master in 2014.
Jessica Curd, LCSW, ACSW, ACHP-SW, Social Worker at Our Hospice of South Central Indiana
Beth A. Eck, PhD, is the Director of End-of-Life Doula Services at Hospice of the Piedmont in Charlottesville, VA. Beth started at HOP on August 1, 2021, and was brought in to develop an in-house death doula program. Beth did her doula training with the International End-of-Life Doula Association and Going with Grace. She is National End-of-Life Alliance (NEDA) proficient and a member of the NHPCO’s End-of-Life Doula Council. Prior to her arrival at HOP, she was at James Madison University where she taught for 25 years, most recently in the area of death and dying. Her publications can be found in The Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Men and Masculinities, Sociological Forum and Gender & Society. Beth received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Virginia in 1996 and her BA from Westminster College in Pennsylvania in 1985.