Winter Deathcare

End-of-life is a sacred time that deserves support and love from our communities. Rachel Winter saw the importance of this early on when caring for her family’s companion animals at the end of their lives. Eventually, she’d discover her purpose as an end of life doula and death educator. She’s active with the Banner Endings Doula collective. She is also active with KC End-of-Life, a non-profit that helps coordinate death doula care in the Kansas City Metro.

Rachel has received her education from Village Deathcare, IDLM (International Doula Life Movement), and The Centre for Sacred Deathcare, providing comprehensive end of life education to care for both humans and companion animals. Working in hospice gave her hands-on experience and an inside view of how end of life care fits within the modern healthcare system. She’s provided countless hours of bedside support and care for both people and pets as they transition.

Rachel is passionate about empowering others to take ownership for the end of life care of their family, friends, and pets at their most vulnerable time. She strongly believes in documenting end-of-life wishes and completing advance planning as much as possible. She views deathcare as a community event that deserves as much support and planning as we do for our births.
None of us can avoid death but we can make it easier with gentle education and thoughtful planning.