Your Path Guide Pty Ltd

28/11/2025

Sharing some exciting work our friends in the UK have been invited to participate in. The future of end-of-life care is changing. For the better 🙏🏻❤️

We were pleased to be invited by the Independent Expert Panel to contribute to its evaluation of palliative and end of life care in England. Our submission set out the experiences of our organisation and our members, including what they observe when supporting clients, the challenges they face, and the issues that can arise when services are commissioned through the NHS. We are proud that our evidence helped shape the Panel’s assessment and the recommendations now being taken forward.
The report, published this week, paints a clear picture of a system under pressure. It highlights:

Variation in the way services are commissioned, with some areas lacking a consistent framework and some Integrated Care Boards without reliable data on local need.

Strain across all settings, and a system that is difficult for patients and families to navigate, with limited opportunities for meaningful advance planning.

A continuing shift towards care in the community, but progress held back by funding models that favour hospitals and by gaps in social care provision.

Workforce shortages, including limited training for generalist staff and a lack of specialist palliative professionals.

Inequalities affecting both access and the quality of care for underserved and marginalised communities.

The Panel’s findings underline what many of our members have been highlighting for years: the need for coherent national leadership, sustainable and longer-term funding, and a properly supported workforce. We welcome the Government’s intention to develop a Palliative and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework and look forward to continuing our work to ensure that lived experience remains at the heart of future planning.

27/11/2025

The dying shouldn’t have to start over every time a new person walks in.

And yet most end-of-life care is built around shifts, rosters and changing faces.
Everyone is doing their best, but continuity is rare.

An End of Life Doula offers something different.
One steady presence from early illness, through decline, through dying and into grief support for the people left behind.

That consistency builds trust.
It reduces stress.
It softens fear.
It keeps the experience connected instead of fragmented.

This video is part of the series exploring what only a Doula can offer — and why it matters.

Follow this series to learn how consistency can bring calm during one of life’s most vulnerable transitions.

24/11/2025

I attended the funeral today of my most recent client. It was beautiful, funny in parts and filled with love from a big community of family and friends. It has been a real privilege to be a part of his support and care team and being able to continue that support through to today. 🙏🏻❤️

22/11/2025

It’s Picnic in the Park today. Come and see us at our stand F6. We’d love to see all our Adelaide friends here today! 💚

19/11/2025

Dying isn’t only physical.
It’s emotional.
It’s relational.
It’s deeply human.

And when support focuses only on the body, people can feel unseen, even when they’re loved and cared for.

An End of Life Doula sees the whole person.
Their identity. Their relationships. Their fears. Their values. Their story.

This video is part of the series exploring what only a Doula can offer — and why it matters.

Follow this series to learn how whole-person support can soften the end of life for everyone involved.

16/11/2025

The most powerful support at the end of life doesn’t come from treatment.
It comes from presence.

When time is scarce, connection suffers.
When rushing takes over, peace disappears.

An End of Life Doula brings something different — unhurried time.
Space to talk. Space to feel. Space to simply be.

This video is part of the series exploring what only an End of Life Doula can offer and why it matters.

Follow this series to learn how presence can soften the end of life, for the person and for those who love them.

14/11/2025

There’s a gap in end-of-life care that no medical role is designed to fill.

That’s where an End of Life Doula steps in, with unhurried time, whole-person support and continuity from diagnosis through to bereavement.

This video is the start of a new series unpacking the Doula difference.

If you’re curious about how this work changes the experience of dying, stay with me for the next chapter.

Follow this series to learn what a Doula can offer that no one else can, and why it matters more than ever.

10/11/2025

And Adelaide too. 😊

Wherever you are, we’re ready to walk beside you.

www.doulaconnections.com.au

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09/11/2025

Australia is facing a significant rise in the number of deaths each year 📈
By 2050, we are expected to see around 315,000 deaths annually.
This is an increase of almost 130,000 each year compared to today.

As more people live longer with complex health needs, our systems will feel the strain.
Medical care alone cannot meet every need at end of life.

End of Life Doulas provide practical guidance, emotional support and continuity alongside clinical care 🤝🏻
We help people and families feel prepared, informed and supported 🌿

If you work in health or aged care and would like to explore how this support fits into your service, please reach out.
Book a call through the link in my bio 📞

05/11/2025

He took his last breath this morning.
Even when I am not physically beside someone at the end, I feel the weight and the grace of that moment.
This work continues to remind me of love, impermanence, and the quiet courage it takes to let go.

If you or someone you love is nearing end of life and would like support, please reach out.
You don’t have to navigate this alone. 🙏🏻❤️

31/10/2025

Big changes are coming to Australia’s aged care system. The new Support at Home program will make it easier for older people to stay at home for longer, with more choice, flexibility and dignity.

End-of-Life Doulas can play an important role in this new framework, offering emotional, social and spiritual support alongside practical care.

In the blog, I explore how Doulas fit within the Support at Home reform and how their presence can help people live and die with comfort, meaning and connection.

If you'd like to know more, please reach out. I have a lot of information available to share.

How End-of-Life Doulas support the new Support at Home program Australia’s aged care system is changing in a big way. From 1 November 2025, the new Support at Home program will replace the Home Car…

30/10/2025

This is a wonderful opportunity to come and join HELD Australia and help us support and advocate for those working in the end-of-life and death care spaces.

We’re a good bunch ❤️😊

Are you passionate about holistic end-of-life and death care?

HELD Australia is inviting Expressions of Interest to join our national Board of Directors.
Bring your skills, experience and lived perspective to help strengthen and guide the movement for compassionate, inclusive end-of-life care across Australia.

EOIs close 14 November 2025
📧 chair@held.org.au
🌐 www.held.org.au