01/24/2020
OUR MARCH HOPE END-OF-LIFE DOULA CLASS IS FILLING QUICKLY--APPLY NOW TO SAVE YOUR SEAT! See our website www.ourhouseofhope.org or contact us for more information at Info@ourhouseofhope.org
End-of-life doulas provide non-medical, holistic support and comfort to the dying person and their family, which may include education and guidance as well as emotional, spiritual or practical care. Each doula has their own skill set and works with a family to determine what their needs are.
Hope End-of-Life Doula Training
Our 24-hours of comprehensive instruction includes:
• 20 hours of in-class instruction
• 4 hours of online video presentations and webinars.
• Dates: Friday, March 6, 2020 5:00pm-9:00pm
•Saturdays, March 7 and 21, 8:00am-5:00pm
• Los Robles Hospital 215 W. Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA Classroom 2
• Fee: $649
• 24 CEU nursing credits available
Online Registration:
https://www.ourhouseofhope.org
info@ourhouseofhope.org
Class size is limited to 25 participants
Hope End-of-Life Doula Certification Workshop
(additional course designed for those who wish to
become professional doulas)
• 3 Hour workshop
• Saturday, April 4, 2020
9:00am-12:00pm
Los Robles Hospital
• Fee: $149
Teresa Wolf, RN
Instructor and Co-founder of Our Community House of Hope, Teresa has worked with hospice patients and their families for 25 years. She has a special passion for educating nursing students and volunteers in this specialized field for many years. Teresa is the author of the book,
Hope In Our Final Season.
Lisa Horner, RN, EOLD
Instructor and nurse in the field of hospice for 13 years. Prior to becoming a nurse Lisa volunteered for 2 hospice agencies and was an active volunteer at OCHH. In 2018 she became a certified End-of-Life doula.
Course Curriculum to include topics:
• The role of the doula in end-of-life care
• The scope of practice for end-of-life doulas
• Hospice/Palliative care models
• The Social Model End-of-life care home model
• Exploring our own fears about death and dying
• Accompanying the dying
•Family Assessment tools
• Understanding the dying process and the needs of the family
• Non-medical comfort measures
• Active listening and communication skills
• Family needs and dynamics
• Life Review, Meaning and legacy work
• Spiritual Care, Rituals, Sitting Vigil
• Faith traditions and Cultural Diversity at the end-of-life
• Advanced Planning, Advanced Directives, POLST
• End-of-life Care Option Act in California
• After death care, funerals, home funerals
• Grief and Bereavement support—Part of the Doulas role
• Self care for the doula and caregiver
