Through illness and the end of life
Something hard is happening.
Maybe there’s a diagnosis. Maybe things are changing faster than anyone expected. Maybe a date’s been set, and the house is full of things nobody’s saying out loud.
Families in this stretch don’t need one more person to manage. They need someone steady, who isn’t carrying the same grief, so they can stop being the coordinator and go back to being the daughter, the husband, the son.
How I can assist.
Every situation is different, so this is shaped around what’s happening and what you need. Here’s how I can be beside you:
Doula-trained presence in the room
Someone calm and steady beside you, so neither the person nor the family is alone with any of it.
Support for the family
Practical and emotional company for the people around the person, not just the person themselves.
Respite for caregivers
A few hours where you can sleep, shower, or step outside, knowing someone you trust is there.
A calm voice from outside the family
Someone who can hold what’s happening without carrying the same grief, and say the things that are hard to say from inside it.
Someone to talk to
About the fear, the logistics, and the things that feel too heavy to put on the people you love.
Resourcing and practical support
Working out what support would actually make a difference, then finding it, arranging it, and lining it up so you don’t have to.
Legacy and remembrance
Life reviews, legacy projects, gathering stories, photos, and memories, and finding a meaningful way to honour a life.
Bedside Reiki
Gentle, hands-on Reiki at the bedside, offered for comfort and calm when it’s welcome.
So much of what I do is about giving you back an hour, or an evening, where you don’t have to manage a single thing. You can just be there, fully present when it counts the most.
Two ways to have me beside you.
One session to think things through, or steady company you can shape around what’s happening.
The Beside Session
One 90-minute session for when you, or someone you love, is nearing the end of life and you’d like someone beside you, in person or virtually. This time is yours: we can talk through where things stand, make sense of what you’re facing, and figure out what would help most, for you and your family, right now.
That might mean choosing from one of my services, or it might be something entirely your own, like running a specific errand, or taking care of something you’d rather not ask your family to do. Either way, we start wherever makes sense for you.
- One 90-minute session
- Fare-Well Co. resources, tools and templates suited to what might be helpful in the moment or over the days ahead
- Continuing support at a deeply discounted rate
The Beside Package
Steady support through illness, dying, and the last stretch of life, for the person at the centre and the people who love them. We shape the support around what’s happening, whether that means being present at the bedside, giving caregivers a break, helping with practical details, or simply being someone steady to call when things feel like too much.
- Between six and eight 90-minute sessions, with room to run longer or shorter as the moment calls for
- Book several sessions ahead, or take them one at a time, from daily to weekly for up to three months, as things unfold
- Support for whoever’s in the room, not only the person at the centre of it, and for anyone I’m asked to look out for
- Text, email, and phone contact between visits, shaped around what’s needed
- Continuing support at a deeply discounted rate, to ensure the care doesn’t end before it needs to
This is a sacred stretch of time: the session length here is a guide, not a stopwatch.
Payment plan available.
$1,495
Book Your First Session →If someone has just died, I’m so sorry for your loss. Please text or call me at 902.213.8526, email trish@fare-wellco.ca, or book a Zoom conversation below, whichever feels easiest for you. When it’s this urgent, I make it a priority to get back to you as soon as possible, usually within a few hours.
You don’t need to have anything figured out, and you won’t be asked to purchase or commit to anything. We’ll spend thirty minutes together at no cost, focusing entirely on whatever’s right in front of you and what might help.
Prices are in Canadian dollars and are subject to HST. Payment plans are available. All sessions are available in person on Prince Edward Island, or over Zoom anywhere else in Canada or the United States.
Money should never decide who gets steady support at the end of a life. Each month I hold a few hours for people who can’t pay for them. If that’s you, just say so when you write. It stays between us, and the care is the same.
Here are a few things you might find supportive: The Conversations That Matter, Tributes & Keepsakes, and the Fare-Well Co. Care platform.
“Trish designed our mom’s funeral program around the things that were her. Her favourite colours, flowers, and words she loved. It was personal and unique, and our whole family appreciated having something that truly honoured her and how much she meant to us.
- MS, Cornwall.