Training costs and dates
The original No One Dies Alone Program started in the USA over 20 years ago. It was designed to train volunteers to vigil with someone who was dying alone in hospital. Sandra Clarke, a registered nurse, began the program that is now world wide.
You can hear the origin story here.
The Australian Medicare system is constantly evolving to meet the demands of our citizens, however after the Covid pandemic this system is stretched. We have designed this training for end of life doulas as a volunteer service that they can offer in their community. We support them with training, a starter pack, promotion on our website and mentoring. NODA's aim is to get this service into as many areas as possible and support communities to support each other. A doula, working with medical teams, will be able to identify people at risk of dying alone, in community or in facilities and begin to build supports for them. The goal is to have a team of volunteers, already familiar with this person, ready to be present for them when they begin to travel towards death.
We have a vision of training community to help their members stay at home, especially in remote areas.
These people are faced with many complex layers when needing help from medical teams. We can assist with access and understanding of paperwork, palliative care and support from the community.
Our approach will be to train the community to do this themselves, helping to build skills while empowering them to claim back their traditional ways of caring for their own.
NODA Australia intends to train doulas to help people in staying at home, using services to their advantage and being empowered to know what they can do themselves.
A doula will be of service to help people to live well while dying better.