Co-founder of VSED Resources Northwest and Dementia Support Northwest In May of 2019, two friends whose husbands had recently died, a death doula who had worked with our family, and I gathered to talk about VSED. We decided that it was important to get word out that there was a compassionate end-of-life option for people …
RN, Death Doula, and Co-Founder & Coordinator of VSED Resources Northwest Years ago, as a returning Peace Corps Volunteer, I applied to nursing school envisioning my life calling as a midwife. A self-proclaimed feminist, I was sure that women’s roles would drastically change during my lifetime, but that pregnancy and childbearing and reproductive choices would …
A new end-of-life planning video from Compassion & Choices came out this month, and we wanted to share it. From the video description: “This year people all over the world have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, experiencing isolation, economic challenges, losing loved ones and so much more. This year has also shone a brighter …
Hi. I’m Kate, daughter of Jane, who is the reason I’m here in more ways than one–“here” as in the world, but also “here” working with VSED Resources Northwest. My mom, with the support of most of our family, chose to end her life on her own terms in February 2020 by voluntarily stopping eating …
