End of life support, plainly spoken.

My approach is open and honest. I have extensive work experience with adults in hospice care, and I have a respect and a deep understanding of how people cope and still find fulfillment, despite limitations. I have attended Medical Assistance in Dying. I have sat through bad hospital deaths. I have helped families coordinate hospice, navigate the system, draft Representation Agreements, and have the conversations they could not have on their own.

I work with clients of all backgrounds, and I specialize in working with marginalized and oppressed groups. I have specific experience supporting Medical Assistance in Dying. I advocate for clients and promote self advocacy among them, in medical and personal contexts where a lack of knowledge or respect may be negatively affecting their care.

I trained at Douglas College. I am a supporting member of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada and I carry professional liability insurance. I am not a chaplain, a spiritual director, or a healer. I am a guide who knows the system, the forms, the rooms, and the silences. I take a small caseload on purpose. The work is too important to dilute.

What I do not do.

I do not provide medical care or administer medications. I do not dress, transport, or prepare bodies. I do not give legal advice. I do not perform Indigenous, Sikh, Hindu, or any cultural ritual that is not mine to perform. I refer to specialists for all of the above, and I will tell you who they are.

Land acknowledgement.

I acknowledge and honour the ancestral guardians of the lands and waterways of what we call Canada: Métis, First Nations, and Inuit peoples and communities. Today, many Indigenous peoples continue to call these lands home and act as its stewards, and this responsibility extends to all people to share and care for this land for generations to come. Mortality Mentor practices on the unceded territories of the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwantlen, and Tsawwassen First Nations.