You might be acquainted with the concept of a birth doula, whose purpose is to provide emotional, physical and informational support to expectant mothers, ensuring they feel empowered and cared for ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland-based Kacie Gikonyo has spent over a decade as a registered nurse, providing care to countless individuals. However, after years of working in end-of-life care and witnessing the ...

MANY pregnant women appreciate the emotional and practical guidance of a doula – a non-medical birth assistant – to support them through childbirth. But more people are now turning to “death doulas” ...

Everyone’s going to die. But nobody feels comfortable talking about it, thinking about it or dealing with it when it happens to a loved one. That’s where end-of-life doulas come in. The relatively new ...

Death doulas offer essential emotional, spiritual, and practical support to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and their families during the end-of-life journey, ensuring a peaceful and dignified ...

We’re all going to die, and before that, we will probably navigate the deaths of several people we love along the way. Too dark? Discomfort with the idea of death may be the reason that people rarely ...

While I traveled from my apartment in Los Angeles to B’s house in the woods of Pennsylvania, I realized I knew nothing about death. I prepared myself to meet a shuffling, sick patient, milky-eyed and ...