Spotlight on Villages Built
Every community is unique. See examples of others configuring their Village.
Hospice & Palliative Care Nonprofits
Community-based hospice organizations and palliative care programs coordinating volunteers, families, and care teams
Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition
Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition built their Firefly Village to connect families, volunteers, and medical professionals to support resource sharing and reduce burden of care of children with medical complexities and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Minnesota Hospice and Palliative Care
Minnesota Hospice and Palliative Care Network built their MNHPC Village to complete advance directives with and for Minnesota residents, with support from the Morgan Family Foundation, aiming for thousands of completed ACP per year.
Faith Communities & Care Ministries
Congregations, parish nursing programs, and faith-based care teams supporting members through illness, aging, and end-of-life
Jewish Family Services
JFS-Ann Arbor and Toledo built their Village to support their Decisions for Dignity program that helps explore options for making end-of-life decisions in individuals & organizations.
International Doula Life Movement
A leading doula training and certification organization that integrates Villages into their end-of-life doula specialist programs, equipping graduates with a ready-made platform to launch and manage their own doula practices.
Death Doula Kacie
Founded by Kacie Gikonyo, RN with 12+ years in end-of-life care, Death Doula Kacie uses Villages to power her Death Doula School and Collective — training aspiring doulas and supporting them as they build independent practices.
Doula Networks & EOL Organizations
End-of-life doula practices, ACP facilitators, and community care organizations guiding families through life's final transition
Living and Leaving
An Arizona doula who built their Village to increase the amount of directives in communities.
EcoLove Transitions
A Doula and Funeral Network servicing communities in California, Arizona, and Colorado.
Healthcare & Aging Services
Nonprofit hospices, aging-in-place programs, and community health organizations scaling care coordination
NeueHealth
NeueHealth uses Villages to achieve it's Accountable Care Organization mandates by increase patient and provider satisfaction scores in medicare advantage plans with specialized advance care planning.
Empowered Endings
Empowered Endings created their Village Empowered End of Life Experience to document end of life preferences through a customized step-by-step process and empower individuals and families with clear, accessible, and actionable directives. Covering personal values, end of life options, after-death preferences, secure storage and sharing of these important decisions.
"I am a professional problem solver who specializes in providing comprehensive psychosocial support. I built my Village for comprehensive advance care planning solution that meets the clinical, spiritual, and personal needs of my clients."
Rosie Gaston, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Clinician Owner at A Better Ending
"Villages platform has been crucial in supporting the Empowered Endings' End of Life planning model. It has enabled us to share a framework and platform for end of life planning that is far more personalized, comprehensive, and accessible than traditional advance directives."
Dr. Bob Uslander
Co-Founder and President at Empowered Endings
"We built our Firefly app on the Villages platform to continue building a sustainable program, build more "villages," and to reach more families. Villages is vital tool that enables Firefly peer networks to be free and accessible to the families who need them most. It means no parent has to walk their road alone. It means more families can achieve peace of mind, dignity, and the best possible quality of life in the face of unimaginable challenges."
Dr. Betsy Hawley
Executive Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition
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