Resources

End-of-Life Planning

Wills and Power of Attorney
- FreeWill.com - free, secure site to build out your will, POA, and other helpful documents
Advance Directive Forms
(Statements of your wishes regarding medical treatments)
- CaringInfo Advance Directives
  - Iowa Form
  - Nebraska Form
- Prepare For Your Care
  Thorough step-by-step advance directive forms by state
- Compassion & Choices
- UNMC Advance Directive Packet
- POLST (Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) Forms
  Portable medical order form
  - Iowa IPOST: Site | Form
- Demential AD
  - Advance Directive for Dementia
  - MIDEO Video Advance Directive
- DHHS Resources for Aging & EOL
  - Nebraska DNR Order
  - Iowa HHS Resources for Aging
Organ Donor Registry
- Nebraska - Live On Nebraska
- Iowa - Iowa Donor Network
The Death Deck Series
Three decks available from the company that help make talking about stories, beliefs, and preferences around the end of life a little more fun and easy
The Conversation Project
Helping people share their wishes for care through the end of life. Lots of free guides and resources.

National Home Funeral Alliance
Educates and empowers families who want to care for their own dead
Green Burial Council
Environmentally sustainable after-death education & options
Nearest Green Burial Cemeteries
- Heart Land Prairie Cemetery, Ottowa County, Kansas
- Historic Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
- Longview Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
Terramation (Human Composting)
*While NE/IA doesn’t have any local terramation services, arrangements can be made to work with out-of-state providers
- Return Home
- Recompose
About Organ Donation
Funeral Consumers Alliance
non-profit that empowers you to choose simple, meaningful, affordable after-death arrangements
The Inspired Funeral
Readings, songs, rituals

Collective for Hope
Free grief support groups for adults and children:
- Suicide Loss Survivors: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:00P
- Adults Helping Adults: 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:00P
- Pregnancy & Infant Loss: 2nd and 4th Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:00P
- Anticipatory Grief Group: Wednesdays, 4:00 - 5:00P at Josie Harper Hospice House
Grief to Growth, hosted by Natalie Bolen of Daisy Lane Death Work
Saturday mornings 8:30 - 9:30A
Unity of Omaha: 3424 N 90th St. Omaha
Pet Loss Support Group (virtual)
3rd Thursdays 6:30 - 7:30P
The House Kat Pet Services
Grief Group Circle
2nd Thursdays, 6:00 - 7:30P
Whole Rejuvenation Wellness House
4312 Camden Ave. Omaha
Call/text Ms. Teré Lea: 402-706-5875

CHAD Nebraska: Combined Health Agencies Drive
Many hospital-run grief groups, especially around specific illnesses

Addie Gengenbach, Moonlit Moth Doula - Omaha
Death Doula, Community Event Holder
Abigail Shipp, Prairieland Birthworks - Omaha
Childbirth education, birth doula support and advocacy, bereavement care, and lactation counseling
Angie Hanson, Butterflies + Halos - Omaha
Grief coaching
Jamie Anderson, Guiding Light End of Life Services
Death Doula
Jenni Herchenbach, Fourish Collaborative - Omaha
Death Doula, End-of-Life Support, Grief Tender
Kat Frizzell, The House Kat - Omaha
Pet Loss Support Specialist, Pet Loss Group Facilitator
Lauren Myers, Returning to Self: End-of-Life Doula Services - Council Bluffs / Omaha
Liz Miller, Creative Care Work - Omaha
Death & Grief Work, Nurse, Artist
Natalie Bolen - Omaha
Personal Assistant, Elder Care, Death Doula, Grief Navigator
Sandy Lemen, Made with Grayce - Omaha
Death doula, funeral celebrant, jewelry & grief gifts

Amy Hensley, MSN, RN, Before the Casket - Lincoln
Educator • Advocate • Conversation Catalyst
Hannah Pollack, Death Doula Hannah - Lincoln
End-of-Life Doula, Yoga Teacher, Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, Grief Group Facilitator
Kerri Denell- Lincoln
Legacy Navigator, End of Life Doula, Author

Death

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos R.N.
The Good Death: a guide to supporting a loved one through the end of life by Suzanne O’Brien
The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully by Frank Ostaseki
Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie Tisdale

Legacy

For You When I am Gone: 12 Essential Questions for Telling a Life Story by Steven Leder

Grief

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
Grief Is Love: Living with Loss by Marisa Renee Lee

More resources added as they come about. If I’ve missed any local resources, please email moonlitmothdoula@gmail.com if you would like to be added