Kim is an End of Life Doula, Holistic Funeral Director and leads our Home Vigils. A former Palliative Care nurse of 25 years, she has also worked in Aged Care and Community Nursing, along with being a support carer, nanny and medical receptionist. Her training, experience and calm, gentle manner allow Kim to tenderly support the ageing process or those living with a terminal illness and continue through to end of life and the dying journey.

Kim believes in delivering optimal support for the individual, their family and loved ones, ensuring that people are given all the information and resources they need to make their own informed decisions. Drawing on her extensive experience Kim is able to confidently guide those wishing to die at home. She can facilitate difficult conversations around end of life, death and funeral care and is very comfortable being present with families and friends as they farewell and tend to their loved one. Her doula care has also expanded into the area of supporting parents and families with the heartbreaking loss of a child. This includes pre-term/ stillborn babies, infants and older children.

Kim loves sharing her passion and commitment through frequent involvement in community education sessions, Dying To Know Day events, Death Cafes, hospital in-services and in-house training with her wonderful Life Rites colleagues.