Empowering employees to plan ahead with confidence through supportive workplace sessions that encourage open conversations, practical preparation, and peace of mind for the future.
Through bespoke workshops, or individual consultations we help navigate the six main spheres which impact us all at the end of life.
Access to our services gives employees who are juggling both work, and the daunting prospect of supporting family members approaching their end of life, an awareness of the what it means to die well.
Our workplace sessions help employees explore the important aspects of future planning, from legal and financial matters to emotional wellbeing and personal wishes, empowering them to make informed decisions with confidence and peace of mind.
We can help simplify legal issues which accompany dying from Advance Care Planning, decisions to refuse Medical Interventions, Creating a Lasting Power of Attorney, Organ Donation, Funeral Planning Arranging Wills and advice on what to do after death.
Dying is a transition and knowing what the stages are likely to be helps take away some of the primordial fear that many of us have around the end of life. We can help you understand the importance of setting up good end of life care, and how to put this in place.
We can help you navigate the financial implications of death from what financial support is available to appointing a financial power of attorney, establishing prepaid funeral plans, financial support for carers and what happens if you die overseas.
Dying is as important a transition as birth. Better Endings helps prepare you for the experiences of supporting those whose lives are coming to an end through developing an end of life vigil plan.
Understanding the importance of talking about dying & helping to avoid the immeasurable pain and guilt which can ensue when we don’t do so, is important to our work. We can help you frame the conversations you need to have with family and loved ones so that you can discuss the end of life. We can help you through the final stages & provide recommendations for bereavement support.
If you knew when you were going to die would you change the way you live now? What do you want your legacy to be? The way we use technology makes it relevant to consider both a digital and physical legacy. Better Endings can help you prepare for a celebration of life, for a sustainable and uplifting memorial service and to help you frame the legacy you want.
Please find answers to some of the common questions we get asked below.
We will work with your company to create a tailored support programme.
This can be an overview of Advance Planning for End of Life in a group discussion to start the thinking process, and is positioned as an aspect of Life Planning, or it could be advice on curated resources, eulogies and legacies. It could be a workshop with scenarios and conversation openers to a one on one offering for individual employee support if they have a family member who has received a terminal diagnosis.
The role is modelled on a Birth Doula whose role is to provide non-medical support during childbirth, and Doulas are increasingly being employed to be there at the end of life too. We are trained to support the dying and their families with practical and emotional support – from the psychological and physical aspects of dying to the complex clerical stuff afterwards.
There is so much fear and anxiety about death, and the Doula is able to bring a sense of calm to the dying, and to the whole family around them. Doulas help open up the conversation about death and loss which are so often initially deeply uncomfortable for the dying and their family. A lot of people realise on their deathbed that life is about relationships and love, and Doulas help families with communicating this and can help them towards resolving unfinished business, and towards the acceptance of regrets.
We can help with legacy work, creating something tangible, some memento for the dying person to leave behind. We guide a family through the dying process so they know what to expect and what is normal as people enter the active dying phase. We can be there to support the vigil, and after the death to help with the early grief stages when the ‘casserole brigade’ has come and gone and everyone’s gone back to work.
Employees can be confident that any discussion will remain confidential – and are between them and either Louise or Penny at Better Endings.
We will help you understand the implications of dementia at the end of life, help you put in place Lasting Power of Attorney agreements, and help you with Advance Care Planning. We can help with creating legacy projects.
At any time from the point of diagnosis of a life limiting illness up to the final days. We may remain involved with a family for weeks or months after the death, if it will bring benefit and support them through the early days of bereavement.
Yes – every family is different and we work in a human centered way to ensure that dying well is part of living well.
Talking about death won’t make it happen. Your first conversation with us is free, and you don’t need to have the words ready.
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