Community-Supported Death Care
About Us
In the past, communities cared for their own at death, simply and naturally. Death was a part of life, and death care was shared by friends and neighbours. We are your friends and neighbours, knowledgeable, compassionate, experienced, and willing to lend our helping hands. Since 2019 we have been educating, empowering, and creating alternative end-of-life choices in our community.
Contact
Please reach out for help, even on short notice, to [email protected] or call Emma Tius (250) 208-4468, Yasmina Cartland (250) 935-8583, or Margaret Verschuur (250) 204-3709.
What We Offer
The DeathCare Collective strives to integrate death as part of life by …
- Empowering, guiding, and supporting the practice and process of caring for our own dead and dying, in community.
- Initiating conversations, providing education, and encouraging people to prepare for end-of-life.
- Providing calm, steady guidance for those grappling with sudden and unexpected loss.
- Incorporating holistic care from terminal diagnosis to burial or cremation for the death journeyer and their loved ones.
- Navigating gaps between health care and death care in our remote location.
- Working to make home deaths more accessible for those who prefer this.
Death as Sacred
We view death as a sacred transition that brings profound change. We honour this journey by empowering individuals and loved ones to explore options, participate actively, incorporate ritual and beauty wherever possible, and create space for grief and love to flow.
Donation Requests
Our mission is to support and empower every member of our community who seeks our assistance with death care, regardless of finances. We rely on the generosity of our community to continue this work. To contribute and view suggested donation amounts, please visit our Donate section.
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