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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The 4th annual International End of Life Doula Symposium is this weekend - hurry and get your ticket from eold.org now! International speakers, panelists, and networking opportunities. #EOLD #EOLDIRG #event #DeathDoula #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The 2025 End of Life Doula International Research Symposium is this weekend - have you got your ticket yet??! Speakers from Latin America, Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. Tickets via eold.org - see you there! Research is a verb: Sharing knowledge as collaboration

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

• 4:45–5:25pm – Alexander Aldarondo Jiménez (Puerto Rico) – From Silence to Sovereignty: End-of-Life Doula Work as Cultural Transformation in Puerto Rico • 5:30–6:00pm – Discussion and Closing Remarks

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

• 3:00–3:50pm – Panel Discussion – Creative and Collective Approaches to Generating Knowledge about End-of-Life Doulas • 3:50–4:00pm – Break / Online Chat • 4:00–4:40pm – Jennifer Mallmes (Canada) – How We Die: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of End-of-Life Care Goals

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

• 2:05–2:45pm – Sofia Plonsky & Catalina Mahecha (Ecuador & Colombia) – Mapping the Growth of End-of-Life Doulas in Latin America • 2:45–3:00pm – Break / Online Chat

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

• 9:20–9:55pm – Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A • 9:55–10:00pm – Closing Remarks Saturday, September 6, 2025 • 1:00–1:20pm – Welcome & Overview • 1:20–2:00pm – Dr Emma Clare (UK) – Beyond Metrics: Evaluating End-of-Life Doulas Without Losing Ourselves in the System

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

• 7:40–7:50pm – Break / Online Chat • 7:50–8:30pm – Dr Amber Thompson (USA) – Emergence of End-of-Life Doulas: A Social Movement Perspective• 8:35–9:10pm – Dr Jodi Hall (Canada) – Doing DeathCare Differently: A Multi-Phase Research Project • 9:10–9:20pm – Break

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Friday, September 5, 2025 • 6:00–6:15pm – Welcome & Introduction • 6:15–6:55pm – Dr Marian Krawczyk (UK) – Establishing Research Priorities for End-of-Life Doula Practice • 7:00–7:40pm – Dr Amy Dellinger Page (USA) – Challenging Death: Barriers to End-of-Life Doula Care

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The 4th annual International End of Life Doula Symposium is happening soon! September 5th-6th online. Tickets available on Ticket Tailor, link at eold.org Programme is in GMT, so remember to adapt to your own timezone. Details below in🧵

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Marian Krawczyk @drkrawz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The 4th Annual EOLD International Research Symposium 2025 (Sept 5–6) is 2 days of days of online talks, panels, and creative dialogue to shape the future of deathcare around the globle. 🔗 Register now → eold.org/upcoming-eve... #EOLD2025 @eoldirg @eold-irg.bsky.social

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

We are getting closer to symposium time - do you have your ticket yet?! Online, September 5-6th, this international event is one you want to be a part of. Also: Global South tickets are available for those in countries with lower income thresholds. #EOLDIRG #EOLD #research #event

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

This is an online event, with different start/stop times on each day to accommodate global timezones and attendees, so check your calendars carefully on both days. See you there! #EOLD #EOLDIRG #research #event #collaboration

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The wait is over! Get your tickets now for the 2025 End of Life Doula International Research Group Symposium - this year's theme is Research is a verb. An international range of speakers and panels over two days, September 5-6th. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/endof...

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Rush also served on the boards of the National Home Funeral Alliance and the Green Burial Council. She is very active in social justice issues, examining implicit bias, health disparities, and cultural humility, and feels that doulas are needed in every community. #EOLD #EOLDIRG

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Rush co-founded and served as first president of the National End-of-life Doula Alliance (USA) and co-founded and served as vice-chair of the NHPCO End-of-life Doula Council.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Rush began her career as a homebirth midwife in 1980, was a hospice nurse, and since 2009 has been a natural death care educator, including home funeral, green burial, end-of-life doulas, and advance care planning.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Meet the EOLDIRG affiliates: Merilynne Rush, owner of The Dying Year, is an international pioneer in end-of-life doula education and research. She holds an MS in Hospice and Palliative Studies and a BS in Nursing.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

JEnnifer's current area of interest is death literacy specific to children and youth and more specifically within the Jewish community.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Jennifer has spent most of her career as a technical recruiter (in the UK and Canada) and views her end-of-life studies as continuation of the guiding principle of treating and supporting people with dignity, compassion, and respect at all of life’s stages. #EOLD #EOLDIRG #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Meet the EOLDIRG founders: Jennifer Rigal lives in Vancouver, Canada, holds a Masters from the University of Glasgow End of Life Studies Program and trained as an End-of-Life Doula at Douglas College in April 2020. #EOLD #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Based in York UK, Emma describes herself as an activist and nature lover with a passion for bringing death and dying out of hospitals and back into compassionate communities wherever possible.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Emma's previous research explored how healthcare professionals’ own death anxiety can be a barrier to them providing high quality end of life care. #EOLD #EOLDIRG #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Meet the founders: Dr Emma Clare is a founding member of the EOLD-IRG. She is a Director and Chair of End-of-Life Doula UK and her PhD research focused on death competency development in healthcare professionals and end-of-life doulas.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Jennifer’s passion for quality end-of-life care has inspired her to empower others to consciously live and die well; she has also worked in community home care where she found fulfilment in helping support people to remain at home nearing the end of life.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Jennifer holds a Master of Interdisciplinary Studies and Adult Education from Athabasca University, is the co-founder of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada, the creator and an instructor of the End of Life Doula program and Indigenous End of Lifer Guide program at Douglas College.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Jennifer began her education in Nursing, however, she left that field to pursue a degree in Gerontology from Simon Fraser University where she focused her studies on equality, aging, and the end of life.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Meet the EOLD-IRG founders: Jennifer Mallmes is a founding member of the EOLD-IRG. She has spent the last 20 years as a caregiver and an advocate for quality end-of-life care in Canada. She is a mother of 5 and resides in the Kootenay area of BC. #EOLD #research #EOLDIRG

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Kelly holds a Masters degree from the University of Glasgow End of Life Studies Program, and her dissertation research focused on family and friend experiences of individuals who choose MAiD in Canada. #EOLD #EOLDIRG #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Kelly was inspired by what she experienced and committed to learning all the ways she could support the dying and their families at end-of-life. Kelly’s current interests are Grief Yoga and the role of end-of-life doulas in the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program in Canada.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

She experienced, for the first time, the concept of facilitating a ‘good death’ through specialized end-of-life care. Kelly’s interest in end-of-life care began in 2007 when her sister was dying of breast cancer. #EOLD #EOLDIRG #MAID #VAD

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Meet the founders of EOLD-IRG Kelly Oberle is a founding member of EOLD-IRG. Kelly lives in Vancouver, Canada. She is also a Chartered Professional Accountant, an end-of-life doula, a certified Yoga instructor and bed-side volunteer at her local hospice.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Death literacy, client advocacy and compassionate communities are all areas of focus for Annetta's work, which includes end of life and grief for both people and pets. An invited guest lecturer in end of life and working with older adults, she has a special interest in assisted dying. #VAD #EOLD

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

A life-long writer and poet, Annetta offers qualitative research perspectives, humour, and thought leadership to her role as a member of the group. #EOLDIRG #DeathDoula #EOLD #EndOfLife #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Meet the founders of #EOLDIRG - Dr Annetta Mallon Annetta is the Australian representative, and in addition to her end of life consultant and doula work has been a grief and trauma recovery therapist for over 3 decades. Annetta holds a PhD in social science, and has a fine art background. #EOLD

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Marian's research interests include the history and evolution of palliative care, suffering at the end of life, end-of-life doulas, and more recently, environmental grief. She is the founder of the collaborative End-of-Life Doula International Research Group. #EOLD #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Before joining the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group she held postdoctoral roles with Trinity Western University, the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, and the Canadian Frailty Network. #EOLDIRG #EOLD #DeathDoula #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Meet the EOLD-IRG founding members: Dr Marian Krawczyk is the Programme Lead for the online End of Life Studies MSc/PGDip/PGCert at the University of Glasgow’s School of Social & Environmental Sustainability, associate in the School of Health & Wellbeing & was a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow.

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Marian is interested in a range of issues relevant to 21st century innovations in end-of-life care, including end-of-life doulas. Her research also encompasses innovative approaches to suffering at the end of life, the concept of total pain, and environmental grief. 2/2 #EOLDIRG #EOLD #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Get to know the people of #EOLDIRG Today's highlight is Dr Marian Krawczyk, the founder of EOLD-IRG and a medical anthropologist. Marian is Program Lead for the End of Life Studies MSc / PGCert / PGDip Program at the University of Glasgow. 1/2 #EOLD #DeathDoula #research

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

2/2 Sarah runs a private practice in end-of- life care in Toronto, Canada with her business partner, Ruth Mackay called WISHSTONE. Their clients have the wonderful experience of an EOLD dyad working with them which helps counter doula burnout. #EOLDIRG #DeathDoula

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Get to know the people of #EOLDIRG Today's highlight is Sarah Farr, a founding member of EOLD-IRG. She has a Masters in End-of-Life Studies from the University of Glasgow where her dissertation research focused on family and friends’ experiences of working with an end-of-life doula in Canada. 1/2

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Thank you to all who have boosted posts from us, and who follow us. Finding end of life community members here is a wonderful thing. Enjoy your Friday everyone! #EOLDIRG #EOLD #DeathLiteracy #ComCom #gratitude

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Wondering how end of life doula work can look in the workplace and for health systems as well as for clients? This handy graphic helps break down possible pathways for working EOLDs. #EOLDIRG #DeathDoula #DeathCareSystems #HealthCare #EOLD #Integration

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First arrow: Autonomous. Entirely separate and outside of formal health care systems
Second arrow: Allied Formally recognised and practising alongside health care providers, although employed independently.
Third arrow: Amalgamated. Directly employed by health authorities, either within or across health care settings.
Fourth arrow: Assimilated. Diffused within existing health and social care roles, through specialised training.

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Raven’s Call : Aging & End of Life guide in Oregon @endoflifecare.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

For EOL Guides, Consultants, Midwives, Doulas, etc. wanting to understand the role(s) we can take in serving people who are considering using Aid in Dying, here’s @aadmorg.bsky.social’s free, clinically based, online training: www.aadm.org/courses/aid-....

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Congratulations New York! New opportunities for working with end of life doulas for the state. #EOLD #EOLDIRG

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Did you know that the earlier you engage the services of an end of life doula the better your outcomes are in terms of: + lowered stress + reduction in carer burnout, and +increased compassionate community organisation? It's true! #EOLD #ProTip

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Opportunities for self-awareness, reflection and honest evaluation are always important - this goes for end of life doulas, too. How we work with opportunities and realities in the workplace, in tandem with our highest goals for work are shown in this graphic. #EOLDIRG #research #resources

A faceless figure of a person surrounded by ribbons of different colours and white text showing aspects of work, and with like coloured sections forming two semi-circles around the person showing goals for work. Top title banner reads " Key intersecting tensions for end of life doulas " Bottom centre circle reads " EOLDs "

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Did you know that in addition to the annual symposium the EOLD-IRG offers open access resources. Here's one - a sea map of the end of life doula journey when someone is at end of life. Feel free to share 😍 #research #EOLD eprints.gla.ac.uk/303788/1/303... eprints.gla.ac.uk/303788/2/303...

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End of Life Doula International Research Group @eold-irg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Global North and Global South ticket pricing will be offered to support equity and fairness in terms of income access. #EOLDIRG #research #event #EOLD #DeathLiteracy #symposium #community

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