Published 2 months ago

Death doula keeps legacies alive in rural Oregon

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Social worker and end-of-life doula JamiQuan Rudd works with clients in Douglas County, Ore. Rudd focuses more on emotional guidance through death. She helps with practical things like funeral arrangements, helping someone donate their body, or planning for what happens to their property after death.

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Death doula keeps legacies alive in rural Oregon

At a weekly meeting in the breakroom of a community health center in the small Oregon town of Winston, JamiQuan Rudd serves homemade soup to four older adults sitting around a big table. She calls this get-together the Legacy Cafe.Every week Rudd chooses an icebreaker topic from a stack of cards. This time she pulls “empathy” and a quote from Jane Goodall: “The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”“Our goal in t…

2 months ago·Portland, United States

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