The Direct Cremation Podcast

Donna Baranyay (Hospice Chaplain): What Funeral Directors Need to Understand About Hospice and End of Life | #11

Episode Summary

Donna Baranyay has a long career in all things end of life. Even though she has been a hospice chaplain for 14 years, she is also a death doula and has her celebrant certification and a certificate in thanatology. If there's anyone who has the answers around dying, she's your person.

Episode Notes

Donna Baranyay has a long career in all things end of life. Even though she has been a hospice chaplain for 14 years, she is also a death doula and has her celebrant certification and a certificate in thanatology. If there's anyone who has the answers around dying, she's your person.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What funeral directors can do to help families earlier in the dying process.
• What exactly hospice is.
• What do death doulas do to fill the gaps in the dying process.
• How you can help your local hospice social worker.
• What does death care look like in 10 years, according to Donna.

Donna Baranyay
Email  | Haven Health
 

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