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It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved
A Matter of Death and Life: Love, Loss and What Matters in the End
Death Is But a Dream: Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
How Do I Know You? Dementia at the End of Life
The Eleventh Hour: A Caring Guideline for the Hours to Minutes Before Death
By Your Side, A Guide for Caring for the Dying at Home
Living Well to Die Well – A Guide for Terminally Ill People and Their Loved Ones
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
Bridges to Eternity: The Compassionate Death Doula Path book series:
- Becoming a Death Doula: Foundations and Practice
- Becoming a Death Doula: Business Growth
- Becoming a Death Doula: A Complete Guide to Starting Your End-of-Life Doula Practice (Foundations and Practice and Business Growth combined)
- Crafting Meaningful Legacies: A Guide for End-of-Life Professionals
- Vigil Planning Guide: Creating Sacred Space in Life’s Final Chapter
- Crucial End-of-Life Conversations: A Compassionate Guide for End-of-Life Professionals
Find an End-of-Life Doula
- Compassion Crossing, LLC – operates on-site through Madison County, Kentucky and virtually if you cannot find one local to you.
- The International Doula Life Movement (IDLM) – https://www.internationaldoulalifemovement.com/directory/
- The National End-of-Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) – https://www.nedalliance.org/end-of-life_doulas_a_through_m.html and https://www.nedalliance.org/doula_directory_n_through_z.html
- The International End-of-Life Doula Association (INDELA) – https://inelda.org/find-a-doula/
- EveryLoved – https://everloved.com/death-doulas/
- Death Doula Director – https://deathdoulas.com/deathdouladirectory/
Currently, there is no universal director of end-of-life doulas (EOLD). It’s essential to note that some EOLDs listed in directories may no longer be practicing. The author recommends starting with IDLM, as their training program is always current and thorough, followed by NEDA, which is the only independent organization not affiliated with any school.
- Beyond the Living Will: Creating Effective Advance Directives
- Daily Hospice Care Planner: Organize, Communicate, and Provide Consistent Care
- Dignity in Dying: A Thoughtful Approach to Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking
- Hospice Medication Handbook: A Caregiver’s Guide to Comfort Medications
- Nourishing Hope: A Caregiver’s Guide to End-of-Life Nutrition
- Palliative Care vs Hospice Care: Making Informed Decisions
- Palliative Sedation: A Compassionate Approach
- The Caregiver’s Lifeline: Self-Care in End-of-Life Care
- Understanding Breathing at End-of-Life: A Family Guide to Comfort Care
- Understanding Your Rights in Hospice Care: A Guide for Patients and Families
- Validation and Compassion: A Guide to Connecting with Terminally Ill Loved Ones
- When is it Time for Hospice?: A Compassionate Guide for Families and Caregivers
Dementia Caregiver Essentials: Comprehensive Guide for Dementia Care (one book that contains the ten books below for less than one-third the price of all ten)
- Anger Management in Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials
- CPAP and Oxygen for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Diabetes Care for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Hallucination Management for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Infection Awareness in Dementia Care: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Medication Compliance for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Music Therapy for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Nutrition for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Placement for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Sundowning Management for Dementia: A Dementia Care Essentials Guide
- Dementia Staging Mastery: A Nurse’s Guide to Dementia Assessment
Gone from My Sight: The Dying Experience
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Empowering Excellence in Hospice: A Nurse’s Toolkit for Best Practices book series
- Art of Hospice Prognosis: Essential Skills for Clinical Assessment and Family Communication
- Beyond the Hospital: Navigating a Career in Hospice Nursing
- Breath of Life: Managing End-of-Life Respiratory Symptoms
- Care Plans for Hospice Patients: A Comprehensive Guide
- Clinical Pathophysiology: A Reference for Hospice and Palliative Nurses
- Compliance-based, Eligibility Driven Hospice Documentation: Tips for Hospice Nurses
- Conversations at the End: Guiding Families Through Final Days
- HOPE in Practice: Implementing Patient-Centered Outcomes in Hospice Care
- HOPE in Action: A Practical Guide to Hospice Assessments
- Hospice Clinical Pharmacology: Critical Thinking for Comfort-Centered Care
- Hospice Tools of the Trade: Essentials for Hospice Nurses
- Mastering Dementia Admissions: Essential Guidelines for Hospice Eligibility
- Mastering Hospice Eligibility: An Essential Guide for RNs and Clinical Managers
- Mastering Hospice Recertifications: A Comprehensive Guide for Nurses
- Mastering the Hospice Item Set: A Comprehensive Guide for Nurses and Managers
- Medication Reconciliation in Hospice Care: Maximizing Quality of Life
- The Art of Hospice Visit Planning: A Clinical Guide to Patient-Centered Care Frequency
- The Complete Hospice Visit: A Nurse’s Guide to Excellence
- The Hospice CoP Handbook: Meeting Federal Mandates from Admission to Audit
- Time Management for Hospice Nurses: Practical Strategies for Rural Practice
- Whispers of Time: Understanding the End-of-Life Timeline
Holistic Nurse: Skills for Excellence book series
- Compassionate Care in Conflict: A Nurse’s Guide to Managing Combative Patients
- Dementia Staging Mastery: A Nurse’s Guide to Dementia Assessment
- The Nurse’s Guide to Motivational Interviewing: Empowering Patients to Make Lasting Health Changes
- Clinical CBT Applications: Essential Strategies for Modern Nursing Practice