Community Resource Guide
Victoria has a wealth of services supporting aging and end-of-life care. Here is a list of businesses I know and trust.
End-of-Life Planning & Advocacy
Patient Pathways
Former critical care nurse, Connie Jorsvik, provides BC healthcare navigation, advocacy, and education services. She helps patients and families navigate serious illness, aging, and complex healthcare systems, with greater clarity, confidence, and support.
NeuroHealth
Specialized coaching, wellness support, and care navigation for individuals and families living with dementia, Parkinsonโs disease, and other neurological conditions, helping them maintain independence, resilience, and quality of life.
The Empowered Estate
Comprehensive Canadian resource created by certified executor advisor Shelley Essery and funeral director/death doula Karla Kerr to organize end-of-life affairs with your executor and family in mind.
Deathโs Apprentice Education & Planning
Christa Ovenell, funeral director and end-of-life doula, helps people prepare for life and death with practical education, compassionate guidance, and honest conversations about getting their affairs in order before a crisis happens.
The Empowered Executor
Shelley Essery helps executors and families better understand the practical responsibilities and emotional realities involved in being an executor. She focuses on proactive organizing and preparation.
Next Steps Seniors
Melanie Murray procides compassionate, personalized support for seniors and families navigating aging-related transitions, housing, resources, and care planning with practical guidance and support.
Caregiving, Senior Support & Life Transitions
Absolutely Organized
Kathie Wagner helps individuals and families navigate downsizing and home organization with practical, compassionate assistance during times of transition.
Family Caregivers of BC
Family Caregivers of BC supports people caring for loved ones through education, advocacy, and practical resources for navigating caregiving with greater confidence and connection.
Just Like Family
Client-centered in-home care and companionship services that help people age, recover, and receive support in the comfort of their own homes.
Home Instead
Personalized senior care and companionship services designed to support aging in place with dignity, safety, and connection.
Monarch Health
Private, compassionate healthcare and home support services that help individuals age in place, maintain independence, and improve quality of life through integrated, client-centered care.
Death Education, Community & Conscious Living
Death Conscious Victoria Events Calendar
A collection of local community events exploring all facets of mortality.
The Centre for Sacred Deathcare
Sarah Kerr offers transformative education and soul-centered practices that help death doulas and others build a more conscious, compassionate, and death-positive relationship with living, dying, and grief.
The Victoria Holistic Death Care Community
VHDCC is a network of death workers and death-curious community members creating open, empowering conversations and holistic approaches to death, dying, and grief.
Library of Death
The Library of Death is a unique educational and community initiative encouraging death literacy, curiosity, and open conversations through books, resources, and shared learning.
SATA Centre for Conscious Living
SATA Centre for Conscious Living provides holistic emotional, spiritual, and mindfulness-based support for people navigating illness, caregiving, and end-of-life experiences, helping individuals reconnect with meaning, identity, and compassionate community beyond traditional healthcare models.
Munroโs Books
Munroโs Books has curated a thoughtful selection of titles exploring death, grief, caregiving, spirituality, and what it means to live fully while acknowledging mortality.
MAiD
Dying with Dignity Canada
Dying with Dignity Canada advocates for end-of-life rights, advance care planning, and informed decision-making while helping Canadians navigate conversations around MAiD and personal choice.
MAiDHouse
A compassionate residential space designed to support individuals accessing Medical Assistance in Dying with comfort, dignity, autonomy, and meaningful end-of-life care.
Funeral Care, Green Burial & Memorial Options
Earthโs Option
Funeral home specializing in green burial, cremation, and environmentally responsible funeral care while helping families create meaningful and personal farewells.
Willow Coffins
Tamara MacIntyre offers handcrafted natural caskets and environmentally vessels such as coffins, shroud carriers, and woven urns.
Canadian Integrative Network for Death Education & Alternatives
CINDEA supports community education around conscious dying, home funerals, and personalized holistic approaches to death and end-of-life care.
Resting Paws
Compassionate in-home veterinary hospice and end-of-life care, helping pets and their families navigate their final journey with comfort, dignity, and support in the familiarity of home.
Death Doulas – coming soon.
Karla Kerr
Funeral Director and Death Doula
Karla is passionate about fostering end-of-life conversations through education and open dialogue. She believes in confronting difficult topics with compassion, and that by stepping into the space created by grief and loss we tap into our shared humanity.
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