INELDA Update – JANUARY 2023
THANK YOU, COMMUNITY! APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY STUDY RELEASED
THANK YOU, COMMUNITY! APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY STUDY RELEASED
One of the most important things we can do as a community is to assist researchers in their end-of-life doula studies. This research helps validate the need for end-of-life doulas and brings awareness and support so that more people can be served.
More than 600 INELDA-trained EOLD responded to the survey sent by Appalachian State University researchers Amy Dellinger Page and Jonelle H. Husain. “Dying a ‘Good’ Death: The Work, Care, and Support of End-of-Life Doulas” was published in OMEGA Journal of Death and Dying on December 12, 2022. This is the second paper that emerged from the questionnaires and interviews that you partook in. Thank you for your participation! We look forward to partnering with Amy and Jonelle on future research, so if you were unable to be part of this round, there will be other opportunities for participation.
INELDA PRESENTING AT ASA CONFERENCE
INELDA will be represented at the American Society on Aging Conference this March in Atlanta. Kris Kington-Barker and Garrett Drew Ellis will facilitate a roundtable discussion on end-of-life doulas as partners for those preparing for and facing end of life. The discussion will introduce and explain the role of an end-of-life doula and how their services can support a growing aging population in the United States, including elder orphans, individuals living with life-limiting illnesses, and those who find access to traditional EOL care options difficult to access or undesirable. To attend the conference and purchase tickets, please visit On Aging 2023.
INELDA PRESENTING AT ASA CONFERENCE
CREATING VISIBILITY WORKSHOP
CREATING VISIBILITY WORKSHOP
LIFEWRITING GROWS INTO A GOING DEEPER CLASS
Our LifeWriting workshop is going big! Due to the success of our workshop, we have decided to offer LifeWriting as a longer-form Going Deeper class with educator and writer Garrett Drew Ellis. The three-session class will meet for three hours each time to explore wellness techniques geared toward sparking memory and cultivating a consistent, compassionate, therapeutic writing practice for learners. A focus on learning the art of storytelling and how to conduct a meaningful life review will be highlighted. Learners will develop a rough outline for their life story in the form of a memoir.
Class begins February 12. Register Here!
LIFEWRITING GROWS INTO A CLASS
Our LifeWriting workshop is going big! Due to the success of our workshop, we have decided to offer LifeWriting as a longer-form Going Deeper class with educator and writer Garrett Drew Ellis. The three-session class will meet for three hours each time to explore wellness techniques geared toward sparking memory and cultivating a consistent, compassionate, therapeutic writing practice for learners. A focus on learning the art of storytelling and how to conduct a meaningful life review will be highlighted. Learners will develop a rough outline for their life story in the form of a memoir.
Class begins February 12. Register Here!
IN THE NEWS
- This month INELDA educator Valoria Walker and INELDA-trained doula Laura Lyster-Mensh were featured in an article in The Washington Post, about how death doulas can ease the dying process.