End of Life Support
Compassionate guidance for life’s final chapter
Facing the end of life is one of the most emotional and deeply personal experiences a family will ever navigate. Families often need more than physical care. They need guidance, emotional support, compassionate presence, and someone who can help them move through it with confidence and peace.
Hourly, daily and 24 hour care
Available 24/7, including holidays
Cura’s End-of-Life Support Services
A holistic journey for everyone involved
Through Cura’s End-of-Life Support Services, we provide compassionate, non-medical support for individuals and families during life’s final chapter. Death is not just a medical event. It is a holistic journey, and a unique experience for everyone.
Working alongside hospice providers, physicians, nurses, spiritual leaders and loved ones, we aim to create a peaceful, meaningful and dignified experience for everyone involved.
- Hospice providers
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Spiritual leaders
- Loved ones and family
- Palliative care teams
What is an End-of-Life Doula?
Support for the human experience
An End-of-Life Doula is a trained, experienced, non-medical professional who provides emotional, practical, educational and compassionate support before, during and after death.
Unlike medical providers, an End-of-Life Doula focuses on the human experience, helping individuals and families prepare, communicate, reflect and feel supported throughout the journey.
Our services may include
Practical and emotional support, step by step
Emotional support
Support for individuals and for the families who love them.
Advance care planning
Conversations and document preparation that put wishes in writing.
Legacy projects and life review
Ways to reflect on a life and share it with the people who matter.
Difficult family conversations
Guidance through the talks that are hardest to begin.
Vigil planning and support
Planning for the final days and hours, and support during them.
Comfort presence
Compassionate company for individuals who may otherwise be alone.
Family education and preparation
Helping families understand what to expect and how to get ready.
Coordination with hospice
Working with hospice and other care providers on behalf of the family.
Bereavement resources
Resources and follow-up support for the time after a loss.
Working alongside hospice and palliative care
Many families wonder if they need both
Often, the two work beautifully together.
Hospice and palliative care
Essential medical care, symptom and pain management, and clinical oversight. Hospice teams are generally limited in the time they can spend with an individual and family each week.
End-of-Life Doula support
Non-medical support with greater flexibility, with hours arranged around the individual’s and family’s needs. That can mean compassionate presence, practical guidance, education, preparation and experienced support.
Many families wonder if they need both
Meet your doula
Susan Stout, End-of-Life Doula
We are pleased to introduce Susan Stout from Graceful Bridge, who partners with Cura Home Care Services to provide our end-of-life support service.
“I am certified through Lifespan Doulas, am a member of NEDA and INELDA, and hold the NEDA Proficiency Badge. As a volunteer with the Palliative Care Team at Stamford Hospital, I get to nurture the sacred time with families and individuals nearing end of life.”
Our philosophy
Every stage of life deserves compassion
At Cura, we believe every stage of life deserves compassion, respect and thoughtful support, and the final chapter is no exception. Our role is to help individuals live fully until the very end while making sure families never feel they have to navigate this journey alone.
Every person’s story matters
Each life is unique, and so is how it deserves to be honored.
Every family’s experience matters
Families grieve, prepare and remember in their own ways.
Every goodbye deserves dignity
Compassion and presence, from the first conversation to the last.
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Where we work
End-of-life support across Stamford, Fairfield and Litchfield counties
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Stamford
Our home base. Caregivers and coordinators work right here.
Lower Fairfield County
Home care throughout the lower part of the county.
Litchfield County
Home care for families in the hills and towns to the north.
