Assistance
Athena Advocacy was founded based on a simple philosophy: everyone deserves the right to be physically, emotionally, and financially safe as they age. Athena Advocacy offers a wide range of fiduciary support, guardianship as well as Care Advocacy and Coordination
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Community Connections of NVRH Committed to helping you reach your health and wellness goals by offering assistance, support, and resource coordination free of charge! We can help you connect with services, resources, transportation, and other supports; access healthcare and health information; understand and complete forms and applications for services; learn healthy habits with our health coaches. 802-748-7526
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SASH (SUPPORT AND SERVICES AT HOME) Their mission is to coordinate and deliver person-centered, evidence-based care and support to people where they live, helping them improve or maintain their health and quality of life so they can live out their days in the location of their choosing.
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VT Assistive Technology Program works with individuals of all ages to find accessible solutions that will help with any disability and aging-related needs.
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Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging This agency offers resources for aging well including nutrition, transportation, fuel assistance, tech help, caregiver support, veterans support, Pets4Life program, wellness and more. They also have a help hotline: 1-(800)-642-5119
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End of Life Doulas
Also known as death doulas, death midwifes and threshold guides, EOL doulas are compassionate, non-medical support persons that can aid a dying person with a variety of tasks including respite for caregivers, advance planning, care coordination, day to day tasks, legacy projects, meaning making, creating sacred space and ritual, as well as bedside companioning and holding vigil.
Doulas are trained professionals who help their clients achieve their wishes and desires as they companion them through the dying process. Doulas are non-medical members of a care team and do not take the place of hospice or palliative care personnel; rather they fill gaps by focusing on tasks that other care team members do not do or have much time for. Some doulas also have specialty skill sets unique to their offerings, such as therapeutic music, massage, Reiki, and helping clients complete legacy projects in the arts.
More Doula listings coming soon... Please Contact Us if you serve the NEK would like to be listed
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GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS
Patricia M (Trish) Sears | Certified End-Of-Life Doula
+1 802.258.0873 | trish@kingdomcommons.com
Do You & Your Loved Ones have an End-of-Life care plan? Dealing with mortality
can be overwhelming. Planning end-of-life care for you and your loved ones
can bring you peace, reassurance... and relief. As a certified end-of-life doula,
my passion is to inspire proactive planning for end-of-life care.
Graceful Transitions offers 'A Guide to Living Fully and Dying Prepared'. Could this be
the unique opportunity you have been looking for? This comprehensive and interactive
workshop is designed to help you initiate these crucial yet challenging conversations.
... My role as an end-of-life doula includes being your end-of-life care concierge
offering respite for exhausted caregivers, navigating end-of-life care and after death
details, and providing guidance along the way to prepare for what’s to come while
offering support during the grieving process. I provide compassion, information, and
a sense of calm and often act as a project manager to help coordinate various
non-medical supportive services for end-of-life and after death. Embrace the fullness of life and the grace of a well-prepared transition.
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Lindsey Warren, End of Life Doula
www.lindseywarrendoula.com
lindseywarrendoula@gmail.com
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I offer compassionate non-medical care for end of life.
In addition to practical support, like planning, I offer many holistic supports as you or your loved one approaches their end of life threshold. Some of my specialty areas include:
~Music
~Reiki
~Meditation
~Navigating Act 39/Medical Aid in Dying
~Herbal supports for end of life.
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Caregiver Resources
Caregivers’ Resources: More and more people are caregiving for their aging or ill loved ones. Get the support needed if you are a caregiver.
Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging Caregiver Support
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National Institute on Aging: resources including tips and worksheets.
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Adult protective services (Elder abuse)
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VA Program of General Caregiver Support of Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare
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Forever Missed: Memorial Website
More about Dignity Therapy: ​
NPR: For the Dying a Chance to Rewrite Life
Legacy Projects & Life Review
Spiritual Care & Counseling
Alexandra Jump M.Div., APBCC, compassionate spiritual care and counseling. Respecting people of all faiths and no faith. Helping individuals, families and first responders who are dealing with moral injury, trauma, and life-and-death issues.
Chaplaincy at Northeastern Vermont Medical Center.