Care and Beyond Consulting, LLC

10/07/2026

Such a wealth of information and a go-to for me as a Death Doula. The more you know, the less scary death and dying can be.

08/13/2026

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Virginia Chang has been seeing Eleanor, a 101-year-old woman, most weeks, since January. Eleanor has been widowed for more than two decades. Nearly all of her friends are dead. She was admitted to hospice, but felt lonely, discarded. When her hospice learned this, they sent Chang. Chang is an end-of-life doula: a trained, nonmedical professional who cares for clients who are dying. End-of-life doulas—or death doulas, a term that some favor—may advocate for their clients’ medical or clinical needs. They may help with shrouding, funeral preparations, or grief support. At heart, they are guides to the unknown.

In the past decade, more than 10,000 people across the globe have trained as death doulas. Some attribute the rise in the profession to the fact that nearly a fifth of Americans are 65 or older; others, to the apparent increase in cancer rates among people under the age of 50, or fears engendered by the COVID pandemic. “In a broader sense, though, the end-of-life-doula movement can be seen as the latest chapter in a societal reconsideration of death that has been under way for more than fifty years,” Alexandra Schwartz writes. Schwartz spends time with the guides who remind us that death may be the end of life, but dying is still a part of living: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Tlxx8K

08/02/2026

Such good information.

06/04/2026

Such a great demonstration of why fluids are NOT pushed. The more you know…

05/16/2026

This is always a conversation or concern regarding hospice and medications.

Morphine does not cause death for an already dying patient. It keeps them comfortable. Their disease is what causes death.

05/07/2026

Our favorite Hospice Nurse has a new podcast! Congrats, Hospice Nursejulie

Tomorrow is the day… and I feel equal parts excited and very exposed sharing this with you.

My podcast “It’s Okay, We’re All Going to Die” launches May 5th 💛💖

This isn’t a heavy, depressing podcast about death. It’s about how understanding death can actually wake us up to our lives…
What really matters.
What we’re holding onto that we don’t need to.
What we might regret.
And how to live in a way that feels more honest, more present… and yes—still full of laughter.

There are tender moments, meaningful conversations, and some humor too—because that’s what real life (and death) actually looks like.

I care about this so deeply… which also means putting it out into the world feels incredibly vulnerable. But I believe in it. I really do.

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch it on YouTube 🎧

If it resonates with you, it would mean so much if you could:
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Your support genuinely helps more people find it—and helps this message reach the people who might need it most.

Thank you for being here with me 💛💖

04/12/2026

This is so good!