Resources

Pancakes with Nana Launch Party Recording

Hosts Lauren Clark of Bridge C-14 and Kathy Kortes-Miller and Keri-Lyn Durant of the Disrupting Death Podcast helped us celebrate the launch of Pancakes with Nana and led a lively and informative discussion with Chelsea about the value of engaging children in conversations about MAiD.

Kid Kits - Talking with Children About Life, Death, and Grief

These resources will help you confidently start conversations and nurture connections with the children in your life. You’ll find straightforward information about children’s core needs, links for further reading, suggested children’s books, reflective questions, and activities.

Talking with kids about cycle of life and kids grief
Talking with kids about death and kids grief

Preparing for End-of-Life Resources

Live Your Legacy: lessons and ideas from a good life and death. Dying with Dignity Canada

In this recording, I share my mum’s MAiD story and the creative ways she lived her legacy through writing, music, and art, nature, family heirlooms, and mindfully preparing for her death. Through rich storytelling, this webinar shows that perhaps the most profound legacy we can leave is preparing children for their person’s MAiD.

https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/education-resources/conference_live_your_legacy_recording_november2021/ 

My Personal Comfort Plan

This book is designed to help people define their personal comfort wishes - the things that will bring them physical, emotional, and spiritual comfort through their final months and moments. Many people have used this guide to help them plan their “MAiD day,” with inspiration and ideas to help you create a dying experience that reflects what’s most important to you. 

My Personal Comfort Plan was created by Chelsea Peddle and is distributed through my trusted partner, Death Doula Network BC.

“My Personal Comfort Plan is an excellent resource for preparing for a person’s final day before MAiD. It’s also great for those with chronic illness who are either in a care facility or receiving home care. The completed booklet can be left at the bedside table and used as a great reference for care providers and visitors in guiding them on how to interact with and support the ill person. I LOVE IT!” ~ Karen Hendrickson, Death Doula and Co-Founder of Death Doula Network BB.

What Do We Do? What Do We Say? Kinwood’s Guide to MAiD Preparation (for families and loved ones)

This guide offers straightforward advice on how families and friends can prepare in advance of MAiD. https://kinwood.ca/medical-assistance-in-dying/