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Introduction to CINDEA

CINDEA is a newly-birthed death-education organization, based on Canadian values.We acknowledge the wisdom of ancient traditions, where communities cared for their own dying; and encourage the renewal of natural dimensions of dying and death care, appropriate to our modern life today.We support the evolving shift that is drawing our culture into deeper relationship with nature and the cycles of life and death.

We are committed to the unfolding development of the Pan-death Movement, including Death Midwifery (which largely parellels Birth Midwifery) and related death-care roles/practices.Clarifications of these roles, and what they are called, is in its infancy — therefore, we have offered definitions of several alternative death-care roles.We support the networking of end-of-life practitioners, as well as providing comprehensive dying and death resources.

Throughout the site, you will see the word "pan-death" frequently used: it is our way of simply saying "across the whole of the spectrum of dying and death care".

We invite you to read through this site and hope that you will find what you are looking for.We welcome your questions, feedback and participation in refining and promoting this significant mission at contact us.

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National Advance Care Planning day — April 16th CINDEA supports National Advance Care Planning day; and gives its appreciation to the Speak Up organization for developing this yearly focus on Advance Care issues.    You can find out how to plan your own event, by visiting the special page for the day at the Speak Up website (multiple resources are given on the site).

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Navigating this Site

Further clarification of the CINDEA site as a whole can be found at our site map, which includes full headings of each pages' sections.Pages on Post-death Care/Home Funerals and Greening Death are planned for the near future.

Quick review of pages on this site (always available on the left menu or through the site map)

	CINDEA itself	Home     Organization and Membership     Site Map     Contact us
	Pan-Death and Alternatives	Pan-death Movement     Death Midwifery     CINDEA recognition
	Preparation for End-of-Life (EOL)	Advance Care Planning     Post-death Care and Home Funerals     Greening Death
	Resource Information and Links	Resources in Canada Pre-death     Resources in Canada Post-death  and Resources Elsewhere (U.S.A, U.K, etc.)

Particular Interest or Concern			Direction
	If you are anticipating the death of a loved one or yourself,		click on Resources in Canada Pre-Death and check out Advance Care Planning
	If you have experienced the death of a loved one,		click on Resources in Canada Post-Death and Post-death Care/Home Funerals
	or are considering caring from them after death yourself (or with help from an alternative death-care provider)
	If you are wanting to understand death midwifery and its broad scope of practice, or that of other alternative death-care roles,		click on Pan-Death Movement, Death Midwifery and Post-death Care/Home Funerals
	If you are generally interested in natural and/or ecological death options,		click on Greening Death (coming soon) or Resources in Canada Post-Death
	If you are currently practicing as a Death Midwife, Death Doula or Thanadoula, Home Funeral Guide, or Funeral Celebrant — or preparing to do so in the future — and are interested in recognition by CINDEA,		click on CINDEA Recognition, but please first check the definitions of each role on the Pan-Death Movement and Death Midwifery pages.
	If you are a professional in a related field (hospital, hospice or palliative care worker; funeral director, etc.) — or are researching pan-death resources,		we suggest that you start at Home Page and read through the entire site
	If you wish to become a member of CINDEA,		Please check out the membership information on the Organization and Membership page, and then contact us
	If you have any questions,
	or are interested in being a local resource person for services in your area,		please contact us at contact@cindea.ca
	If you would like CINDEA to give a presentation to your organization, we will be happy to do so.   We regret that we are only able to offer presentations in Victoria, BC, at present.		please contact us at contact@cindea.ca

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Mission Statement

CINDEA (Canadian Integrative Network for Death Education and Alternatives) has been created to:

		provide information and educational resources, focused on a broad spectrum of options throughout the pan-death process (before, during and after death),
		promote pan-death options that are more natural, personalized and/or ecologically-responsible,
		support the networking of those who offer related services in Canada,
		encourage the acceptance of death as a natural part of the cycle of life,

in order to integrate all of the facets of the pan-death process.

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Vision Statement

CINDEA's purpose is to:

		support the modern movement to re-integrate death into the 'cycle of life' in a healthy way within our culture
		inform the public of existing options for the pan-death process that they may not be aware of
		encourage the expansion of pan-death options which are less institutionalized and more personalized to the values of the Death Journeyer and their family
		support all the required elements of 'dying at home' (including at-home after-death care), as well as encourage care facilities to make more personalized options available within their facility
		encourage the integration of services available before, during and after death
		support the developing movement of Death Midwives, and establish a process to recognize Death Midwives who offering pan-death services in Canada — as well as other alternated service providers who offer more specialized services within the pan-death process
		encouraging the networking of pan-death service providers, and public accessibility to them
		support options for natural death, Green Burials, and other ecologically-conscious 'end of life' practices.

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