TLC End of Life Care Day

‘A good death is an extraordinary, moving and sacred experience. It can also have a healing quality, not only for the person involved but their families, friends and the wider community.’ (Felicity Warner, Soul Midwives and TLC Founder)

What is TLC?

TLC stands for Tender Loving Care, and is a practical-based offshoot of Soul Midwifery. It has been designed to make some of the basic skills of Soul Midwifery, or End of Life compassionate companionship, easily accessible to all.

The gentle, loving, simple TLC skills can be used in any context – the home, hospice, care home, hospital, death café, workshop, within palliative services...

TLC helps someone to be with people who are dying - and make a difference.

What does the day include?

During the day we will explore:

The Core Skills of TLC

The Four Stages of Dying

Creating a Loving Space

Listening

Gentle Touch

Vigiling

The TLC Day runs from 10.30am – 4.00pm and there will be opportunities for individual reflection, and discussion in pairs and within a small group.

Light refreshments will be provided, but please don’t forget to bring a packed lunch

• The TLC Day is led by Jude Meryl , who is a qualified Soul Midwife and TLC Trainer, accredited by The Soul Midwives School www.soulmidwives.co.uk

Who is it for?

TLC was specially designed to give extra tools in the ‘caring toolbox’ to carers, family, and friends who work with people who are dying, or who find themselves caring for someone at end of life.

It is very much a ‘hands on’ day, aimed at enhancing existing caring skills as well as empowering carers to tune into their innate knowing about death and dying.

The TLC Day is suitable for anyone who is interested in finding out more about the dying process and about how to support a person who is near, or at, the end of life.

Although the TLC Day does not enable you to become a Soul Midwife, if you are interested in doing Soul Midwifery training, attendance at a TLC Day is equivalent to attendance at a Soul Midwifery Introductory Day, the first step towards training as a Soul Midwife.

In 2017 The National Council for Palliative Care praised our TLC Compassionate Community Project for the “quality of the love it gave to the dying”.

In 2019 TLC was implemented by Dorset NHS, where it is being offered to all End of Life patients within the county’s community hospitals.

TLC is also recognised by the GSF (Gold Standard Framework) Team as providing excellent training for NHS staff.