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Ep. 448 Human-Centered Design for End-of-Life and After-Death Care with Isabel Knight
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Learn how the concept of human-centered design can improve how we care for people at end of life and also how we operate our businesses.
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My guest Isabel Knight is a human-centered designer and end-of-life guide who founded The Death Designer to provide design services for deathcare businesses and non-profits. She is also the president of the National Home Funeral Alliance, which teaches people about community deathcare and how to conduct a funeral from home. She discusses her work as an end-of-life guide, home funerals, and the concept of human-centered design. Learn more at these websites:
This episode includes:
- What the National Home Funeral Alliance provides
- Why home funerals are important
- How funeral homes can help support community deathcare
- What is human-centered design and why it’s important
- The power of simple small changes to make a difference
- Designing products and systems for the needs of the most vulnerable people benefits everyone
- Challenges facing end-of-life care from the perspective of a young person
- The need for a business model for death doulas
- Potential changes coming to the “Funeral Rule” to increase transparency around funeral home prices
Links mentioned in this episode:
- NEW! Additional Live screening and discussion for documentary film The Last Ecstatic Days. Register here.
- NEW Gift Guides for Caregivers, People Receiving Care, and People Who are Grieving
- Get my two new books!! Stories from the Dark Night and The Tao of Death
- Get EOLU Podcast Merch here
- Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here
- Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
- Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, monthly What to Watch recommendations, Behind the Scenes Bonus content, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
- Buy me a coffee
- Donate on Paypal
If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu, especially my newest donors Kelly G. and Yuka Itahashi. Also thank you to Pradeep Berry and Kathleen Lynch for joining the $10 for 10 Years Campaign! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.
163 episodes
Manage episode 408745260 series 92743
Learn how the concept of human-centered design can improve how we care for people at end of life and also how we operate our businesses.
![](https://i0.wp.com/eolupodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Podcast24Knight.png?resize=560%2C315&ssl=1)
My guest Isabel Knight is a human-centered designer and end-of-life guide who founded The Death Designer to provide design services for deathcare businesses and non-profits. She is also the president of the National Home Funeral Alliance, which teaches people about community deathcare and how to conduct a funeral from home. She discusses her work as an end-of-life guide, home funerals, and the concept of human-centered design. Learn more at these websites:
This episode includes:
- What the National Home Funeral Alliance provides
- Why home funerals are important
- How funeral homes can help support community deathcare
- What is human-centered design and why it’s important
- The power of simple small changes to make a difference
- Designing products and systems for the needs of the most vulnerable people benefits everyone
- Challenges facing end-of-life care from the perspective of a young person
- The need for a business model for death doulas
- Potential changes coming to the “Funeral Rule” to increase transparency around funeral home prices
Links mentioned in this episode:
- NEW! Additional Live screening and discussion for documentary film The Last Ecstatic Days. Register here.
- NEW Gift Guides for Caregivers, People Receiving Care, and People Who are Grieving
- Get my two new books!! Stories from the Dark Night and The Tao of Death
- Get EOLU Podcast Merch here
- Conversations on Death with ChatGPT – Audiobook here; Print Book here
- Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram
- Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul
- Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio
- Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here
- Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, monthly What to Watch recommendations, Behind the Scenes Bonus content, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
- Buy me a coffee
- Donate on Paypal
If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu, especially my newest donors Kelly G. and Yuka Itahashi. Also thank you to Pradeep Berry and Kathleen Lynch for joining the $10 for 10 Years Campaign! Your contributions make all the difference and ensure this podcast stays ad-free.
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