The Empowered Endings Foundation

Connecting, serving, supporting

Everyone deserves a “soft landing.” The Empowered Endings Foundation is committed to shifting the paradigm of end of life care so that a gentle and dignified ending is the rule, not the exception. Our non-profit organization works to provide access to the support and guidance needed to improve End of Life Care for all.

Our Mission is to ensure that everyone has access to the Empowered End of Life Experience they deserve—with dignity and agency throughout their final chapter.

A Message from our Co-Founders

Empowered Endings

Community support plays a critical role in transforming the dialogue around End of Life Care and legal End of Life Options. It is a fundamental pillar in reshaping the narrative, encouraging open dialogue around a topic traditionally shrouded in silence, and helping to ensure that the needs and wishes of individuals facing terminal and life-limiting diseases are heard and respected.

Here are two powerful ways you can help:

1. Consider hosting an educational gathering in your community to share vital information and encourage open discussions around Empowered Endings’ Model of Care, California’s legal End of Life Options, or Planning for your Empowered End of Life Experience.

2. Keep our services free to those in need by donating to our Empowered Endings Foundation (501c3). Your contributions are vital for sustaining individual and group support, providing essential resources, expert guidance, and a nurturing community for patients and families facing these complex journeys.

We are honored by your commitment to our movement. Every contribution and gathering allows us to empower our community by offering vital support, education, resources and advocacy to those in need.

With Gratitude,
Dr. Bob & Elizabeth

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Free Support Groups

Through the Empowered Endings Foundation, we offer the Medical Aid in Dying Preparation Support Group and the Medical Aid in Dying Bereavement Support Group. Both groups are completely free, held via Zoom, and easy to register online.

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Financial Support for End of Life Care and Options

Financial burden should never be an obstacle to accessing the care and options we all need to create an Empowered End of Life Experience. If you or a loved one require financial assistance to ensure optimal End of Life Care or to access your End of Life Options, please reach out to apply for support to cover the cost of these vital services.

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Contact Empowered Endings Foundation

foundation@empoweredendings.com

Executive Board of Directors

Bob Uslander, MD

Founding Board Member, President

Bob Uslander, MD, is the co-founder and medical director of Empowered Endings. With over 30 years of experience as a physician in Emergency Medicine, Palliative Care, and Hospice Care, Dr. Bob is dedicated to supporting patients and families through major health and life challenges—especially as the end of life approaches. Dr. Bob understands that optimal care requires more than simply keeping patients comfortable. He addresses the whole person—meeting their physical, emot…

Elizabeth Uslander, MSW, MTS

Founding Board Member, Secretary

Elizabeth Uslander, MSW, MTS, is at the helm of the movement to humanize healthcare by empowering patients and families in palliative, end of life, grief and spiritual care. As the Co-Founder and CEO she works to fill gaps in traditional healthcare and facilitate paradigm shifts in her fields of expertise. Following her early spiritual awakening and extensive experience in spiritual care, social work, education and advocacy, Elizabeth developed a model of care that combine…

Len Gregory

Board Member, Treasurer

Len attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate and UCLA for graduate business school. After several years in finance and investment banking, Len decided to pursue his passion and entrepreneurial spirit in the horticultural world. He created several commercial landscape and irrigation businesses and ultimately became a multi-state distributor of golf, park and recreation, commercial, and residential equipment and irrigation products in the Western states and Mexico. Following…

Bill Parker, MD

Board Member, At Large

Dr. William H. Parker is a board-certified Fellow in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He was on the faculty as Clinical Professor at UCLA and then UC San Diego and retired in 2022. Dr. Parker was selected for Best Doctors in America and Top Doctors for 24 consecutive years. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, Downstate Medical School, and UC San Diego where he did his residency. He, along with his wife Rachel, is the author of the acclaimed wom…

I am very grateful to Dr. Bob Uslander and Elizabeth Uslander for all their care and assistance to my late husband and our family. Their visits to our home, thoughtful personal attention, and management of his medical and spiritual needs made his final days comfortable and content and allowed him to remain in the home that he loved with his family. Dr. Bob Uslander’s evaluation and interventions, and Elizabeth’s perceptive insights, were especially helpful and eased his crossing immensely.

[F.J.L]

They transformed a very difficult situation into a peaceful, comfortable, and spiritual experience. They were not only supportive of my mother, who was facing end of life, but also offered so much support, patience, and guidance.

[Sylvia Jennings]

The Empowered Endings Foundation

Connecting, serving, supporting