11th Hour Volunteer Provides Comfort During Life’s Final Moments

November 26, 2024

Connie Miller began volunteering with Bluegrass Care Navigators in the Frankfort region just over a year ago while completing her certification as an end-of-life doula. Initially seeking volunteer hours, Connie quickly realized that this work was her calling and decided to continue volunteering long-term.

“I see dying as being born into spirit,” she reflects, “and I want to help people not be afraid.”


Connie’s role as an 11th-hour volunteer is to provide a compassionate presence for patients in their final moments, offering support when family cannot be by their side. Recently, Connie sat with a patient in her final hours, talking with the woman and playing soothing music. Using gentle touch, she reminded the woman that she wasn’t alone and that she was going to be okay as she transitioned.


For Connie, volunteering is about honoring her mother’s memory and giving back to her community.


“Being able to do this for other people makes me feel that I’m repaying the good things that have been given to me,” she said.


Bluegrass Care Navigators is committed to providing expert care with compassion. Our team of clinicians and volunteers work together to ensure that each person receives the care they would want for their own family members. Your generosity today will help us continue to serve friends and neighbors in our communities and ensure that no one passes alone. 



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