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This presentation will provide a brief overview of the current landscape of end-of-life care in the United States based on research reports by NHPCO, AARP, Kaiser and Medicare. Both the benefits and challenges of in-home hospice and caregiving will be described, to introduce the need for an end-of-life doula role in the care model. The doula role and who tends to choose this profession, training through the International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA), the role’s scope of practice, services provided, settings in which they work and how to locate a trained end-of-life doula all will be addressed.

Participants in this webinar will be able to:

• Describe end-of-life care gaps that can be addressed through the role of the end-of-life doula.
• Identify three benefits of an end-of-life doula’s support.
• Identify two ways an end-of-life doula can be engaged.

Presenters:

Kris Kington-Barker is director of outreach and care provider programs and an educator for INELDA. Previously she served for 10 years as executive director for Hospice of San Luis Obispo County. Prior to her focus on end-of-life care, Kingston-Barker’s career ranged from psychiatric nursing to hospital and rural health clinic administration and operations. She serves on the board of directors for Joshua’s House Volunteer Hospice, dedicated to serving terminally ill persons who are experiencing homelessness and she is assisting in establishing end-of-life doulas as core members of their care team.