Jill Martin

I offer professional, confidential – Home – Hospital – Hospice – Aged Care Residential – End of Life Care Doula Services covering Cairns, Atherton Tableland and District Surrounds North Queensland, Australia. I am a director and owner of Living Bridge Community Doulas.

I am passionate about assisting you and your loved ones to make informed health care and end-of-life care choices while you are living well. My hope is to activate conversations and curiosity to encourage death literacy by providing space to talk about end-of-life plans that are consistent with your values and wishes.

I am a qualified End of Life Care Doula who has worked in Nursing, Health Administration and the Disability Sectors for the past 30 years. I offer Multi-Faith Chaplaincy, Pastoral Care and Secular Spiritual Wellbeing. I bring the qualities of balance and harmony into my Professional End of Life Care Doula Practice.

A choice over who will be present, where you will die and what services you will get, matters.

Living Bridge Community Doulas
Support you in your right to choose an end-of-life that is meaningful to you, that is consistent with your belief system and values (ethnic, cultural, religious, spiritual, or personal) and assist you to put into place all your plans for your future as you wish.

Provide you, your loved ones and your valued supports with information about the many end-of-life choices you have.

Assist you in knowing what is required in completing your legal documents so you can have your choices known and wishes followed.

Help you understand that in each Australian state or territory there are different legal and statutory requirements for ‘paperwork’ and legal documents that empower who you choose to support you.

Can be your liaison, your ‘interpreter’ with your medical and other support teams, including family and loved ones, advocating for, and guiding all involved, ensuring that you know all you need to.

Access the support services and other resources you may need or prefer. Coordinate and attend with you, if you require, services and all aspects of care provision as needs change.

Assist in the maintenance of an intimate and peaceful 'space’ during active dying for everyone involved. Whether medical support is required or not and whether in the home, hospice, hospital or residential facility.

Provide emotional and spiritual support, to all involved, before, during and after death and facilitate access to specialists as required