Resources
Dragonfly End-of-Life Services, LLC provides compassionate support for both humans and animals at the end of life. Below, you’ll find a selection of helpful resources, including books, downloadable materials, and links to valuable information that can guide and support you during this journey.
Books
The Doula Tool Kit
“The Doula Tool Kit is an extraordinary gift to the end-of-life doula community. Filled with real case stories, lists, examples, exercises, tips, and more, this is exactly what the field has been looking for! Whether a new or experienced doula, the wealth of information in this Tool Kit will enhance your work and increase your confidence. I just wish I had this book when I started as an EOL Doula!”
Review By:
End-of-Life Doula, Setting Sun Doulas Former board member NEDA
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions 6th Edition
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions, Fifth Edition highlights advances in the field, with seven new chapters and revisions to over 75% of the material. This book will help therapists discover the benefits of incorporating animal assisted therapy into their practice, how to design and implement animal assisted interventions, and the efficacy of animal assisted therapy with different disorders and patient populations. Coverage includes the use of AAT with children, families and the elderly, in counseling and psychotherapy settings, and for treating a variety of specific disorders.
Dragonfly End-of-Life Services founder, Angela Shook is a contributor for 6th edition of this book
Downloads
Advanced Care Directive
A guide to support you and your pet as you approach their end-of-life
Links
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance “NEDA”
The National End-of-Life Doula Alliance “NEDA” is a diverse and inclusive 501c6 non-profit membership business league that serves as a “big tent” for those who share its mission, vision, and values; and who seek to learn about, promote, and provide educational and professional support for its members.
End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate
Helping the dying and their loved ones navigate grief, loss, and the complexities of death calls for empathy, strength, and compassion.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
NHPCO enhances and expands access to care that addresses holistic health and the well-being of communities.
National Home Funeral Alliance
The mission of the NHFA is to educate individuals, families, and communities about caring for their dead.
Aging Services
Aging services help older adults live in the setting of their choice for as long as possible. Aging services also complement the care provided by family or friends.
Five Wishes
The nation’s only national advance care planning program. Providing peace-of-mind for more than 25 years.
Pet Well Mobile Vet
Pet Well Mobile Vet is Northern Lower Michigan’s only Mobile Veterinarian north of Traverse City. We provide companion animal veterinary services to Antrim, Charlevoix, and Otsego Counties.
Companion Animal End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate
Take a deep journey into end-of-life care for pets and companion animals.
Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement
ALPB’s vision is to foster a society in which on-going empathetic pet loss and grief support services are widely accepted and available to pet families.
International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care
A pet parent navigating the end-of-life journey for a beloved pet wants to know they’ve “done everything” for their animal’s final walk. Veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and other dedicated pet care support professionals want to know they have all the skills needed for pet hospice, palliative care, and euthanasia for a beloved pet.
Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice & In-Home Euthanasia
Lap of Love is a network of veterinarians around the country with the goal of empowering every owner to care for their geriatric pets.
Two Hearts Pet Loss Center
Whether you’re a veterinarian, a veterinary technician, any other pet care professional or just a loving pet parent looking for a safe place to be, it’s here.
Now Available!
I am thrilled to share that this book is now available! I’m so thankful for the love, collaboration and thoughtful work that went into it.
Angela Shook
End of Life Doula
Owner Angela Shook is an end-of-life doula, Hospice volunteer and the Past President of the National End-of-Life-Doula Alliance (NEDA). She served on The NEDA board from 2018 to 2022 and has earned the NEDA Proficiency Badge. She is a graduate of the UVM End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program, UVM Companion Animal Certificate Program, INELDA and LifeSpan Doulas as well as numerous other trainings for end-of-life care. She is an instructor for the Doula Programs at the University of Vermont and offers multiple end-of-life educational workshops and grief support groups. She is a veterinary doula with Pet Well Mobile Vet where she assists with euthanasia and the end-of-life care and support of companion animals. Angela also serves on the board for the Charlevoix Area Humane Society and volunteers with the Elk Country Animal Shelter. She is a level II Reiki Practitioner and has completed the Animal Reiki course through the Animal Hospice Group.