How To Move Your Mom®
How to Move Your Mom (and Still be on Speaking Terms Afterward) is the place for that conversation we all need to have – because moving your mom, your dad, or yourself isn’t just about moving things from one place to another. It is so much more complicated than that! There’s an increasing number of generations living at the same time…and there’s a lot of life to live in later life. HTMYM features top experts in senior living communities, placement agencies, realtors, and family members who’ve been through it all.Please join us as we explore the possibilities, complexities, and potential of later life. We’ll search for answers to the questions most people don’t know to ask so that all generations can flourish together.
How To Move Your Mom®
020: Enriching the Death Experience: A Death Doula’s Perspective - Stefanie Elkins
While 90% of people recognize the importance of talking to loved ones about death, only 27% have had “The Conversation.”Why is there such a disconnect?
Stefanie Elkins“meets people where they‘re at” during end-of-life transitions and helps with the many other challenges associated with aging.
In her role as an Eldercare Coach and Aging Life Care Manager with Be Present Care, Stefanie provides compassionate guidance, resources, and workshops for individuals and families dealing with death and bereavement. She thoughtfully facilitates the intimate and difficult conversations that we all need to have during this inevitable shift in our lives.
In this episode, host Marty Stevens-Heebner and her guest Stefanie Elkins take a thoughtful look at the important decisions you need to make in order to face death on your own terms - rather than someone else’s.
Episode Sponsor:
Clear Home Solutions manages a lifetime's worth of treasures - and all the emotions attached to them - when it's time for you or your senior parent to move or make their home safe and organized for their later years. Have photos? We can organize and digitize those for you, too.
What you will learn from this episode:
- How a death doula can enrich the dying experience for older patients, their family members, and friends
- The important conversations you need to have to maintain autonomy and agency at the end of life
- The value of end-of-life directives and how they protect your last wishes
Connect with Guest Name:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanieelkins/
Website: https://www.bepresentcare.com/
Connect with Marty Stevens-Heebner:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martyheebner/
Website: https://howtomoveyourmom.com/
Email: marty@clearhomesolutions.com