Advance Directive Facilitator
An Advance Directive is an important document where you state your medical treatment preferences and appoint a trusted person to make health decisions for you if you are unable to. It records your values, preferences and goals for future care, Once signed and witnessed according to Victorian legislation, it becomes a legal document. Having an Advance Directive reduces tension and stress amongst family members who might otherwise struggle to make difficult decisions about your care. We can facilitate the writing of this document and provide information regarding the various options of care available.
Home Funeral and Vigil Facilitator
Funerals and vigils can be done at home for a more personalised and relaxed experience. Your departed one can stay at home for 3 days or less. We can help you organise a home funeral or vigil and suggest ways of keeping your departed one in good condition while this takes place. We can help you obtain a coffin or casket if desired and help organise transport of your loved one to their final resting place.
Swedish Death Cleaning
Swedish Death Cleaning is a concept where we reduce items mindfully. We live in an age when people tend to have a lot of "stuff" and this can be a problem for family members and loved ones after a person has completed life. It takes a lot of time to clear out most homes and people don't have a lot of time in these busy times. You may adore your teapot collection but your relatives may be cursing you when they have to use their Annual Leave to find a home for it. It's time to ditch the kitsch!
We can help you donate or dispose of items you no longer need and that nobody will want once you have completed life. We can also support you to mindfully give special possessions to those who would treasure them. It's not about hiring a skip and going to town, but if that is needed and desired, we don't judge.
Respite Provider
Let us sit with your loved one while you take a break to sleep or have a meal as a family. Your rest is important too.
Conscious Dying Guide
We can support and comfort the departing one and their loved ones during the dying process. We can help loved ones wash and shroud the body after their special person has completed life. Expensive commercial shrouds are not required- sheets and scarfs can be used for a personalised touch.
Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD)
We are happy to support anyone at any stage of the VAD process. Further information is available
Hand and Feet Plaster Casts
Family & Household Manager
Let us organise your home and coordinate your family members so you can concentrate on your loved one. We can do whatever is needed- whether it is cleaning the bathroom, contacting relatives, filling the fridge or organising a roster for visitors. Levi (Teen Support) can mind any little ones.
Hand and feet plaster casts be created pre or post completion of life to give loved ones something to hold forever. Rory made the models below from a baby who is very much healthy and well.
Living Funeral Facilitator
Some people prefer a funeral or gathering before they complete life and we can help with organising the location and catering. This will depend on where the departing one is in their dying cycle. We can also plan a ceremony structure that includes opportunities for sharing memories. We can help with displays of photos and art created by the departing one.
Pets
Pets are part of the family and we can support you through any euthanasia required, vigil desired and the burial or cremation process. We can plan and conduct memorial services for your pet.