Show notes-

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

Guest-

Joe’l Simone Maldonado ​⁠

-Lives in South Carolina

-Licensed funeral director since 2010

-Fascinated during childhood by uncle who was a Mortician

-In 2020 started creating courses from YouTube page and started The Multicultural Death & Grief Care Academy

-Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/thegravewoman?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/thegravewoman?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system.

1. Story (theme) Dr. G met the Grave Woman in Seattle at the Deathcare Superconference 2024 https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/conference.html (https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/conference.html) hosted by NHFA, NEDA, FCA, PMA

2. Educate -Teaching points

-Deathcare has legal and cultural implications as we learned in Seattle;

-Defined: Realization of mortality.

-Sacred work, beyond the funeral home, includes spiritual community, hospice and palliative care, florist, etc.

-What are the 3 steps of embalming?

-Impact of culturally inclusive deathcare.

3. Empower -A valuable a resource

https://www.thegravewoman.com

Website info

https://mourningdovemedical.com https://mourningdovemedical.com/

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