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Doorkeeper Ministries
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Gentle Companionship – physical, emotional, and spiritual support for you and your loved one at a time when fear, uncertainty and grief are often present. Every step is rooted in calmness and peace, to help ease anxiety and foster beautiful goodbyes.
Guidance Along the Journey - helping the dying and their families to understand each step of the transition. I want to help you live out the rest of your days in an intentional way that brings meaning and purpose. Advocacy – acting as a liaison between you and medical teams and caregivers, to ensure that you and your loved ones’ voices and needs are clearly heard and understood, whether at home, in hospital, or hospice. |
Dementia Expertise - Specializing in the SPECAL® method as taught by the Dementia Together organization, to help positively manage the disability of dementia. I combine advanced training and extensive personal experience to ensure your loved one is heard, respected, and lovingly supported—even as words fade. I have 24 years of experience in caring for all stages of dementia.
Personalized, Meaningful Bedside Care – a priceless opportunity to hold someone’s hand and let them know that their life has mattered.
Creating a Legacy - I love to learn about you or your loved one’s life story and be fully present, not in judgment, but in love. We can work together to preserve life stories and memories as a legacy for your family.
Musical Therapy – Singing and playing keyboard brings comforting, soothing music to the bedside.
End of Life Planning - Assistance in the critically important steps of implementing Advanced Directives and Living Wills. I can also help the dying person and their family organize plans for the care of the body after death. Through my years of ministry, I have helped many people create meaningful memorial and burial services.
End of Life Education - helping the family to understand the signs and symptoms of impending death.
Having the Conversation - as your doula, I will help you and your family to initiate the tough conversations about end of life plans and I will be more than willing to help you find reconciliation and restoration where needed.
Sitting Vigil With You - We refer to the last days of life as a time of vigil and I will be humbled and honored to sit by the bedside to provide comfort, support, and symptom management.
Personalized, Meaningful Bedside Care – a priceless opportunity to hold someone’s hand and let them know that their life has mattered.
Creating a Legacy - I love to learn about you or your loved one’s life story and be fully present, not in judgment, but in love. We can work together to preserve life stories and memories as a legacy for your family.
Musical Therapy – Singing and playing keyboard brings comforting, soothing music to the bedside.
End of Life Planning - Assistance in the critically important steps of implementing Advanced Directives and Living Wills. I can also help the dying person and their family organize plans for the care of the body after death. Through my years of ministry, I have helped many people create meaningful memorial and burial services.
End of Life Education - helping the family to understand the signs and symptoms of impending death.
Having the Conversation - as your doula, I will help you and your family to initiate the tough conversations about end of life plans and I will be more than willing to help you find reconciliation and restoration where needed.
Sitting Vigil With You - We refer to the last days of life as a time of vigil and I will be humbled and honored to sit by the bedside to provide comfort, support, and symptom management.
Testimonial by Sally Sears - Ava, Missouri:
Kelly has walked through the valley of the shadow of death with her God, and has learned and been gifted to comfort those of us who have newly come to that same place. She has sweetly guided me through this time of watching my husband decline due to dementia brought on by seizures, all the way to organizing and leading his service to celebrate his life. Her gentle instruction in dealing with his increasing dementia was a major part of how she helped me to navigate those challenging times. A dear friend of mine struggled to describe the service he attended for my husband. As he labored to find the right words, he finally gently declared he had never been to a service that was so uplifting. What a tribute, not only to my dear husband, but to Kelly’s precious heart!
Kelly has walked through the valley of the shadow of death with her God, and has learned and been gifted to comfort those of us who have newly come to that same place. She has sweetly guided me through this time of watching my husband decline due to dementia brought on by seizures, all the way to organizing and leading his service to celebrate his life. Her gentle instruction in dealing with his increasing dementia was a major part of how she helped me to navigate those challenging times. A dear friend of mine struggled to describe the service he attended for my husband. As he labored to find the right words, he finally gently declared he had never been to a service that was so uplifting. What a tribute, not only to my dear husband, but to Kelly’s precious heart!