Michelle Belton Receives End-of-Life Doula Certification from The University of Vermont
Companion Home Care Owner Michelle Belton Receives End-of-Life Doula Professional Certification from the University of Vermont
Michelle Belton has helped many clients transition through the end of life during her more than 17 years as the owner of Roanoke-area home health agency Companion Home Care.
And while she already had this background in helping clients through the dying process, Belton recently decided to formalize her knowledge by obtaining the End-of-Life Doula Certification offered remotely by The University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.
End-of-Life Doulas complement the care provided by family members and friends, as well as medical, palliative, and hospice professionals, within the settings of homes, hospitals, and senior care facilities.
EOL Doulas support clients with individualized, compassionate care in a number of ways, including emotional, spiritual, informational, and physical support, helping to lower their stress levels, aid in comfort, and promote personalized, even positive, dying passages for clients and their loved ones.
Those who complete the intensive, 8-week EOL Doula Certification Course are prepared to offer non-medical, compassionate care to those facing end-of-life.
They understand common terminal conditions and diseases, pain management practices, the active dying process, and helpful interventions to ease client suffering. Earners provide unconditional positive regard and nonjudgmental support while engaging in open dialog with clients.
“I went into this 8-week course thinking that with all of the hospice clients in my past, I was an expert. I was so wrong.
I will go forward with a better understanding befitting of someone's passing. How one leaves this world is just as important as how we arrive.”
Michelle Belton, CDP, CAEd, CEOLD
For more information about the EOLD Certification, visit the University of Vermont’s website.
About Companion Home Care Inc:
Companion Home Care is a senior home health care, adults with disabilities care, and hospice care provider in Roanoke, VA. Our motto is to provide a "better class of companion for a better quality of life". We accomplish this by hiring the best, most qualified caregivers, and using our knowledge and experience to craft a personalized home care plan for our clients, then match clients with the perfect caregiver based on client needs, personality, and skills required.
Our caregivers help seniors cope with Alzheimer's, dementia, and illnesses, and enjoy healthy and happy lives from the comfort of their own homes. In addition to senior home health care, we also provide Roanoke home care for adults with disabilities, traumatic brain injury and diseases, physical injuries, and special needs in Roanoke, Salem, Lynchburg, Vinton, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Bedford, and surrounding areas of southwest Virginia.
Companion Home Care Inc
210 E 7th St
Salem, VA 24153
(540) 981-2255
Companion Home Care Inc
424 Campbell Ave SW
Roanoke, VA 24016
(540) 981-2255