Affirming the Journey: Inclusive Deathcare Training for Doulas
INELDA and SAGECare partnered together to offer this capacity-building training and the Inclusive Deathcare badge to integrate deeper competencies and skillfulness in order to best serve LGBTQ+ older adults navigating deathcare and end-of-life.
LGBTQ+ lives are marked by resilience, discrimination, and advocacy, paving the way for the rights and recognition the community experiences today. As the current generation reaches their end of life, it is essential that doulas provide a level of care that is both culturally competent and person-centered.
After completing the training, end-of-life doulas will be equipped to provide compassionate support to a generation of trailblazers, ensuring stories are honored and that care is delivered with inclusivity, respect, and empathy.
This SAGECare/INELDA training hosted by INELDA consists of a 2-hour online module that requires written reflections throughout. This training has been thoughtfully built to weave together your INELDA Doula Approach with LGBTQ+ community specific learning. Once you have completed this online learning module, you will be eligible for a badge that reflects your training. You can display this wherever you are listed as a doula, and you will appear on the SAGECare Find A Provider directory as a doula trained to work with the LGBTQ+ older adult community.
COST: $295
- ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING: 2 hours and quiz
- PRE-REQUISITE: The completion of a INELDA End-of-Life Doula Training. For learners that have completed a doula training and did not train with INELDA previously, we invite you to take our End-of-Life Doula Bridge Training first.
- REQUIREMENTS: Internet access to Zoom
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Define key terminology related to LGBTQ+ communities, and identify which terms are respectful and which should be avoided.
Give an overview of unique health needs and concerns of LGBTQ+ older people.
Consider how you can provide LGBTQ+ specific/sensitive care as an INELDA Doula.
Describe how the history of the LGBTQ+ experience in the United States impacts people’s feelings of safety and willingness to identify themselves publicly as LGBTQ+.
Reflect on your own assumptions, biases, and opinions and consider how you will fully support LGBTQ+ people in their lived experiences.
List some individual practices to hold yourself accountable in providing inclusive deathcare to the LGBTQ+ community.
SAGECare trainings are provided by SAGE, the country’s largest and oldest organization devoted to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older adults. SAGECare is committed to providing training participants with the tools they need to deliver culturally competent care that all members of a community deserve.
