May 19, 2025

Ep. 501 Disability-Informed End-of-Life Care with Carrie Batt

57 minutes

Learn why it’s important to be aware of the needs of people with disabilities (and their families) when providing end-of-life and bereavement care.

My guest Carrie Batt is an end-of-life doula and the founder of SEOL Care which offers disability-competent end-of-life care, support and planning for people with a disability and their families. She advocates for disability competent care and grief support after losing a loved one with a disability . She created a Facebook group To Walk a Mile in My Shoes that honors loss and disability. Learn more at her website:

seolcare.ca

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This episode includes:

How Carrie ended up working in the deathcare community as a disability advocate

Definition and categories of disability

Why is there so little awareness of the needs of the disability community

How end-of-life planning may differ for the disability community

What disability awareness training for deathcare workers should consist of

Obstacles to improving disability education

Providing bereavement support to caregivers for those with a disability

End-of-life resources for the disability community

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