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Death Doulas: Is This Productive Aging? 

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This course is discounted for POTA members.(Registration Guide)

Death Doulas: Is This Productive Aging? 

Monday, October 12, 2026
6 pm (EDT)
$20 ($10 for POTA Members)
1 Contact Hour

Students, by purchasing this course you acknowledge that although contact hours may be listed on the certificate, it is intended solely to confirm your attendance.


This course is created by the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association.

If you need assistance or accommodations, please contact us at Info@AspireOT.us
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In this course, occupational therapy practitioners will explore the concept of death and dying as the final occupation our clients engage in from an occupational therapy and death doula perspective. You will leave with a better understanding of why death is an occupation, interventions you could implement as OTPs and utilize the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process Fourth Edition to fill in the gaps.

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

Presented by: Janine Rajauski, OTD, MSOT, OTR/L
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Learning objectives
After completion of this occupational therapy continuing education course, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the interconnection between death and dying as a valuable occupation and occupational therapy practice
  • Apply the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (4th edition) to the occupation of death and dying
  • Identify interventions during the death and dying process to strive towards a good death
Instructor bio
Janine Rajauski, OTD, MSOT, OTR/L
POTA Guest Instructor

Dr. Janine E. Rajauski (she/her) is an occupational therapist, scholar, and professor at Thomas Jefferson University. Her clinical practice and academic experience center around Disability Justice and Anti-Ableism in occupational therapy practice. She is also a Death Doula having completed her training with Going with Grace and is a member of the National End of Life Doula Alliance. She is in the process of completing her Doctor of Philosophy in Health Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University.

Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Complete payment or POTA membership log in for course enrollment
  • Attend the live webinar for the full duration
  • Complete the Attendance Attestation exam with a 100% score
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 80% or greater
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
cancellation policy
Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  

Course Author

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This occupational therapy continuing education course is being offered as part of Aspire OT's State Association Partnership Program.