PACKAGES AND PRICING
End-of-Life Planning for Caregivers
We help caregivers guide their loved ones through end-of-life planning with clarity and relationship-centered support.
What is Included?
Each ELDR End-of-Life Planning Package is tailored to meet your individual and family needs. Your ELDR will walk you (and your loved one, if they wish to join the sessions) through the following process:
Assessment: Orientation, lessons from deaths in your family’s past, commitments, resources, traditions, challenges, and opportunities
Design: Personal and family goals, priorities, getting organized, decisions, planning, and organization of resources
Implementation: Project management, bringing together your team and stakeholders, organizing documents/plans/accounts/storage
Closure: Review of all documents and steps, communicating your loved ones’ plans and wishes to key people, integrating your learnings
Is It Too Soon For Us to Think About End-of-Life Planning?
While it is best to develop end-of-life plans well ahead of a health crisis, this doesn’t always happen. If you find yourself in a caregiver role it’s important to know there are times during your experience where end-of-life planning will be most helpful and practical and times where it will be more difficult.
Out of the four stages of caregiving listed below, the first two stages are ideal for getting your loved ones’ end-of-life plans completed.
You will have less time in the final two phases to work through the process, and your loved one may not have the physical/mental/emotional capacity.
Phase 1: Anticipatory/Expectant
Your loved one is living mostly independently, but you may start to notice a decline in health and be aware that their needs will likely increase in the coming months or years.
Phase 2:
Freshman Caregiver
You begin taking on consistent tasks and over the next 6-18 months the needs continue to grow. You realize the level of demand that comes with caregiving and begin to look for outside support.
Phase 3:
Entrenched Caregiver
You are fully entrenched in caregiving and have little time for activities outside of everyday care and appointments. You may start to notice your own health declining due to the prolonged pressure.
Phase 4:
Transitioning Caregiver / Caregiver in Loss
The time has come when you realize you are no longer able to maintain caregiving duties in the way your loved one may require. Or, your loved one has passed and your duties are now over.
Credit: Denise M. Brown, Founder of The Caregiving Years Training Academy
Procrastinating Could Cost You and Your Loved Ones More Than Just Money
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$12,702 total financial cost of dying, including funeral and professional help
79% used funds from their own checking or savings accounts to cover expenses
Only one in seven families had their immediate costs prepaid or were able to use inherited funds.
$7,267 average funeral cost - up nearly 8% in the last 5 years
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80% said they did not know what to do, lacked guidance, or were afraid of making mistakes
35% found planning the funeral to be a stressful undertaking
17.5% had panic attacks - including 29% of those under 45
57% of respondents suffered from clinical mental or physical health symptoms - with most experiencing three different symptoms
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On average, families spend 13 months after their loved one’s death completing all the necessary tasks, or 20 months if the estate must go through the full probate process
5 phone calls had to be made a week; 46% of people spent more than 26 hours per month on the phone
55% reported that the funeral was very time-consuming
420 hours of work to handle the average estate
*Credit: Empathy’s Cost of Dying Report
ELDR Package:
8 sessions with a professional, experienced end-of-life educator.
Expert ELDR Package:
8 sessions with an Expert ELDR
Our Expert ELDRs have an additional 1,000+ hours of death education experience.
An Expert ELDR may be a good fit for you if you have complex needs.
The Benefits of Working with an ELDR When You’re the Caregiver
Accountability: Caregiving is a time-consuming experience and can take a toll on your executive functioning. Your ELDR will provide you and your loved one with consistent, supportive accountability to make sure you get your planning completed.
Experience: End-of-life planning can be overwhelming and confusing, especially when you are helping a loved one navigate aging and possible health crises. Our ELDRs are well-trained, professional, and experienced at handling the complexities.
A Comprehensive Approach: When you try to manage all aspects of planning for your loved one by yourself, you miss out on having one person who sees the big picture. Your ELDR will guide you through each step, ensuring all components work in unity.
Peace of Mind: You’re not in this alone. Your ELDR’s streamlined approach addresses emotional and practical barriers, enabling you to engage fully and experience the benefits of a thoughtful plan for years and generations to come.
