The Good Death

The founder and CEO of Doulagivers Institute provides insight into what constitutes a 'good death' and how we can help our loved ones through this monumental transition with empathy, patience and peace of mind. There is no harder life experience than caring for a loved one who is dying. But with right tools we can help them approach this monumental transition with empathy, patience and peace of mind. Suzanne O'Brien realised earlier than most how hard it is to care for someone who is dying during her her time working as a nurse in hospice care, often offered as a comforting alternative to a sterile hospital environment. But Suzanne saw the real financial and staffing limitation that came with the hospice and, realizing this option didn't provide all the answers, wanted to take it a step further, providing her patients and their families with the tools to approach the death of a loved one with grace, dignity, knowledge and compassion. In 2012, Suzanne founded the Doulagivers Institute,