Hi, I'm Kara - a heartfelt hello and welcome.
Welcome to Dying to Help – My name is Kara, a warm and heartfelt hello. I am a Palliative care nurse in my day-to-day profession – to which I love very much. I am also an end-of-life Doula and funeral celebrant in the Albury Wodonga region of Australia (the NSW / VIC border). My mission is to provide a comforting, caring and supportive environment for individuals and families facing the end of life, as well as memorials of life, pet doula support, and dementia doula support.
I offer a range of services including end-of-life support, funeral celebrant services, and soon-to-be pet doula and dementia services when I finish my training. I am dedicated to providing personalized care and assistance during difficult times.
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I have been practising as a palliative care nurse for close to 10 years now. I am a qualified Death Doula by Life Options - Denise Love, and am currently Studying for my degree in Psychology, with hopes to continue assisting others from the transition from life through to death, focusing my Psychology specialties on loss and grief. I also am a Funeral celebrant, trained by the Funeral Fix.
I have experienced many Deaths across my years working in the Palliative care space as well as in my own personal life, and no two are the same. It is truly a blessing to be able to be there with you and your family / loved ones/carers whilst you transition on.
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It is my hope as an End-of-Life Doula and Funeral Celebrant to be able to assist you to the best of my ability, so that you may be able to pass on feeling supported and advocated for knowing that your wishes were carried out - and to know that your family was supported through this process, too.
A little about my qualifications and things I have studied:
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AHPRA Registered Nurse – Enrolled (Division two) Nursing
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Diploma of Nursing
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Psychology Degree - Charles Sturt University (in progress)
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Funeral Celebrant – The Funeral Fix
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Intensive end of life doula course - Denise Love - Life Options
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Designing a healing Funeral – Dr Sarah Kerr PhD – The centre for sacred deathcare
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Death walker – 4 day in person intensive training – Zenith Virago – The Natural Death care centre
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…. And always, always learning x