Julie Wells

Julie is a non-medical, holistic, full-spectrum end of life care professional supporting individuals with life-limiting illness, people in critical care and those at end of life, and their families. Complementing all medical care services, Julie offers a person-centred approach that includes physical, emotional, spiritual, social needs, working to ensure the dying person's wishes and preferences are honoured and respected.

A doula understands dying, having been there many times with others. Recognising the signs and symptoms of a dying person can provide reassurance, and a sense of preparedness, allowing you to better support them and their loved ones and facilitate a more peaceful transition. 

For those who wish to be in familiar surroundings with loved ones, closer to all that is important to them, and have more autonomy over their end of life, home-based death care offers a more holistic and natural approach that can bring greater sense of peace and security.

What we do …

• Provide emotional, social and spiritual support and providing continuity of care to bridge the gaps that inevitably occur in healthcare services.

• Facilitate conversations to discuss end-of-life care plans and wishes.

• Advocate for you when you can no longer advocate for yourself.

• Provide practical support, household duties, making meals, transportation, accompany/advocate at doctor/specialist visits.

• Arrange for respite care or assist and accompany individuals requiring rest home, or healthcare facility relocations

• Connecting families with resources, support services, counsellors, and sourcing further assistance where necessary from other trained professionals in the doula care network. 

• Coordinating with healthcare providers, working alongside doctors, nurses, and hospice teams, overseeing and ensuring continuity of care. 

• Supports traditions, spiritual practices, and rituals that are important to the dying person and their family.

• Provides healing and other natural holistic support for the dying person, and their family, as required.

• Demonstrate simple healing techniques to empower family in reducing stress and tension for their person

• Help you and your family deal with the unexpected to ensure you are best prepared in making informed choices.

• Assist with documenting life stories and exploring legacy projects. 

• Advocate for natural, home-based death care, and pre and post death.

• Bedside vigiling, offering comfort and care in the final moments of life, and the period that follows

• Support for grieving family members, connecting families with appropriate resources, support services, counselling and guidance through the aftermath of death.

• Assist with funeral arrangements, organising memorials and celebration of life gatherings 

• Supporting and educating individuals, family and community on subject of death and dying

Julie is a Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner (2003-present) with a private practice, and worked with individuals of all ages in clinical settings for over 20 years, from pre-birth to death. In addition, Julie has training in a number of natural therapies including Reiki (Levels I, II & III) Cranio-sacral therapy (CST 1) Vedanta philosophies, and other holistic and spiritual practices, has organised JSJ international seminars (2007-2024), and is a Jin Shin Jyutsu self-help tutor (2010-present) and committed to her own health and wellbeing through daily self care practice

Key providers of Doula training:

Professional End of Life Doula intensive training with Preparing The Way https://preparingtheway.com.au/ 

Deathwalker Training with Zenith Virago https://www.naturaldeathcarecentre.org/ 

Homebased Deathcare & Funerals – Claire Turnham O.B.E. https://www.facebook.com/onlywithlove.co.uk 

Manaaki Mats with Annie Meredith https://www.manaakimats.org/