End of Life Pricing Tiers
Our Fees
To make our services more accessible, we offer a tiered fee structure with options for monthly packages or on an hourly basis. Tiers are outlined below.
We request your active participation in deciding your contribution so that we may provide services to as many individuals and families in our community as possible. Please bear in mind that we are often socialized to see what we lack better than the big and small privileges we do have.
We are open to questions and look forward to serving you. To request pricing, please submit your inquiry here.
TIER 1
I frequently stress about meeting basic needs and don’t always achieve them.
I have debt that sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs.
Working through survival credit card debt.
I have no access to savings.
I have no or very limited expendable income. I qualify for government assistance, including food stamps and healthcare.
My family does not have access to assets; I send money to my family when able.
I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing.
TIER 2
I may stress about meeting my needs sometimes but I regularly achieve them.
I have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs. May include student loans, and most people in my family have higher education.
I might have some savings.
I can take a vacation annually or every few years.
I have some expendable income; able to have some new items and some thrift.
My family has some assets, like owning a home. My housing is stable and mid- to higher-end.
TIER 3
I am able to meet all of my basic needs.
I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment.
I have access to savings and both earned and unearned assets.
I can afford an annual vacation and/or take time off without financial burden.
I have expendable income.
My family has assets like investments and property. Someone else contributes to my rent, mortgage, or down-payment.
I own my home and/or rent a higher-end property. I have or anticipate inheriting property. I own or lease a car.
More About Death Doulas
A death doula is a non-medical support person who serves a dying individual, their loved ones, and/or their caregivers. Prior to medicalization and the emergence of professionalized death care, most people died at home where members of their community or family would tend to them and serve as a peaceful presence. Many people today state they want to be at home, but instead die in hospital beds, their caregivers unequipped to meet their needs or feeling incapable, intimidated, or overwhelmed. Death doulas can be part of the team that makes dignified home deaths possible. (Though we work anywhere we are welcome!)
Death doulas tend to be a flexible, curious, and present bunch—if there’s a need, we’re going to try to anticipate it, and if we’re not the ones to fill it, we’ll find the right person for the job. Whether you’re caring for sick elders, wrapping your head around your own end, or grappling with a chronic or life-limiting illness and its ramifications, there’s a good chance that a death doula’s services could be of use to you.
How Doulas Serve:
Provide the opportunity to speak openly and frankly about dying
Explore the meaning of the dying person’s life and legacy
Bring a focused and intuitive presence to the bedside
Develop a plan for how the ‘space’ looks, feels, and sounds
Incorporate traditions or create new rituals to mark special moments
Encourage appropriate ways of touching and caressing the dying person
Assist with practical care to ease the burden on caregivers
Provide respite for exhausted caregivers
Explain the signs and symptoms of the dying process
Process emotions, grief, and experiences with loved ones
Support the spiritual practices of all involved
After death follow-up and grief support
Referral to other community resources as appropriate