National Community Death Work Resources

End of life support happens in community. Below is a list of community death care resources nationwide, with an emphasis on the Southeast, where I live.

If you are looking for Alabama-specific resources, I recommend starting with Birmingham Death Care Community. I am an active member of this community collective. If you are specifically looking for end of life doulas in the Birmingham area, our group includes many and is a wonderful resource.

Death Doula Directory

International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA) Directory

National End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) Directory

Death Doulas Directory

Shomer Collective: Jewish End of Life Doula Directory

Going with Grace Doula Directory

Doulagivers End of Life Doula Directory

Everloved: Death Doula Directory

Alabama

Birmingham Community Death Care

Florida

Florida End of Life Doula Alliance (FEOLDA)

Sarasota Area End-of-Life Doula Collective

Empath Health: Hospice with doula volunteer(s)

Georgia

Sacred Infinity (Atlanta)

Anthroposophy Death Care Community

North Carolina

Death Doulas of North Carolina - Directory of NC Doulas, Legacy Resources, Home Funeral & Green Burial Information

Emberlight (Formerly “Center For Conscious Living and Dying) - 501(c)(3) community deathcare organization offering education, preparation, contemplation, end-of-life guidance, and home-funeral education.

Death Doula Collective (Asheville/ Southeast) – doula collective

Queer Death Club: Deathcare network for LGBTQIA+

Stone Circles Collective (NC/Southeast) – community/ end of life collaborative centered on death sovereignty, natural disposition, home funerals, ritual, and education

Center For End of Life Transition (Asheville) – home funeral guidance; workshops, trainings and retreats

Tennessee

Farewell Fellowship - Nashville Death Doula Support and Training for Families, Caregivers, and Future Doulas

Books, Podcasts & Articles: Death Doulas

Briefly, Personally Human (Alua Arthur)

Never Can Say Goodbye (Darnell Lamont Walker)

New Yorker: The Doulas Who Help Us Die

NYT: “How Death Doulas Can Support The Living”

BBC: “What Death Doulas Can Teach Us About Dying”

PBS Independent Lens: “Death is Just One Day”: How End-of-Life Doulas Are Changing the Conversation Around How We Die

Fortune: “What Is A Death Doula?”

Medscape: “Do Death Doulas Improve Hospital End of Life Care? Examining The Evidence and Workflow”

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management: Professional Roles, Services, and Quality of Life for End-of-Life Doulas in the United States