gusseting“My father died unexpectedly in 2022. I thought: There must be a person who can help you navigate all of this - the funeral, paperwork, logistics. Someone proactive who knows how to support people through this process. A little searching later, and I realised death doulas are exactly those people.” Fascinated by the idea and eager to help others in her position, Reidy went on to train as a death doula herself.”
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Global News SaskatoonHow companies across Canada are making funerals more personal
From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.
#Features #Casket #cremation #FuneralHome
https://globalnews.ca/news/11872212/companies-across-canada-funerals-more-personal/
From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.
#Features #Casket #cremation #FuneralHome
https://globalnews.ca/news/11872212/companies-across-canada-funerals-more-personal/
Global News ReginaHow companies across Canada are making funerals more personal
From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.
#Features #Casket #cremation #FuneralHome
https://globalnews.ca/news/11872212/companies-across-canada-funerals-more-personal/
From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.
#Features #Casket #cremation #FuneralHome
https://globalnews.ca/news/11872212/companies-across-canada-funerals-more-personal/
Global NewsHow companies across Canada are making funerals more personal
From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.
#Features #Casket #cremation #FuneralHome
https://globalnews.ca/news/11872212/companies-across-canada-funerals-more-personal/
From death doulas to memorial diamonds, how people are choosing to remember their loved ones is changing as families seek out more personalized memorials.
#Features #Casket #cremation #FuneralHome
https://globalnews.ca/news/11872212/companies-across-canada-funerals-more-personal/
Ms. Que BanhMe & my family can relate to what Sharman experienced with her Mother's death. Sharman became a death doula after her Mom died.
We still can't afford any family burial plots. We keep Dad's urn with his memorial altar at home.
I got into death doula work in late 2023, months after Dad died.
When you're poor it is super expensive to be sick & it's also expensive to die. Funeral industry is a racket. I had to take out a small loan to cover all of Dad's funeral/memorial services.
https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/116319135426441927
#Death #Funerals #PoorFamilies #CostOfDeath #DeathDoulas #EndOfLifeCare #GriefAndLoss #FamilyResponsibility
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Zena Sharman writes with candour about how expensive death is for poor families and the compromises that have to be made after someone passes. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/03/27/Zena-Sharman-Staying-Power-Queer-Family-Rules/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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Longreads"I believe in the work of death doulas: in helping people find comfort and dignity at the end of life, and I believe in talking about death in the open air on a regular basis. But I left INELDA’s training wondering if there’s even such a thing as a good death, and what we stand to lose when we focus so much on trying to achieve it." —Meg Bernhard for n+1
https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/grief-guides/
Grief Guides | Meg Bernhard
Three months after the training, I traveled to my hometown in southern California. Officially, I was there with my parents and sister for my grandmother’s 88th birthday. Unofficially, I was there to ask her how she wanted to die. I’d looked into death doulas in the area because I was curious, but I had a feeling my grandmother wouldn’t want to hire one, mostly for financial reasons. If she had a definite death plan in mind, she’d never told us. Sometimes she’d say she wants to be buried in the plot next to her parents in Texas; other times she’d say she wants to be cremated, because cremation is cheaper. My family wanted to figure out her wishes, but we rarely discuss things like this together, and broaching the subject had so far felt overwhelming. I offered to try.
candleglowWho knew putting together a presentation about death work with clients who live in supportive housing due to severe and persistent mental illness would be so tough. 😅 Any #deathdoulas out there willing to bounce a few thoughts back and forth?