End of Life Services and Support

Let Joy be your guide before, during and after death.

As an End of Life Guide, Joy will

  • Increase the quality of life moments for everyone involved by offering emotional, mental, spiritual and practical support

  • Educate and support the family before, during and after the dying process

  • Listen wholeheartedly and focus on what matters most to the dying individual

  • Encourage and help create a comfortable, peaceful environment in the home or in a healthcare setting

  • Promote meaningful and open conversations about the challenges, decisions to be made, unresolved issues

  • Provide a calm, non-judgmental and reassuring presence during emotionally intense times

  • Serve as a liaison to assure continuity of support

  • Foster coordination of care and communication with medical and Hospice providers

The following End of Life services are available:

  • End of life planning and visioning: articulate your wishes for end of life care and define what matters most to you physically, practically, spiritually, and emotionally

  • Engaging in life review work and/or personal legacy creation

  • Assistance with funeral planning and drafting remembrances/wishes

  • Creating key advance directives documents ie. Power of Attorney, Living Will, Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR), or Physician Scope of Treatment (POST)

  • Organizing and bringing comfort to your home or health care environment

  • Help in gathering and organizing pertinent personal information

  • Sitting vigil at bedside and coordinating care during the dying process while providing respite for caregivers

  • Devising uniquely customized services and supports to meet your needs