Reducing financial barriers and access to receive the care, education, and resources needed when navigating a complex or terminal illness diagnosis and grief.

“It’s a blessing that the state of California provides qualifying patients with an option.”

“I just want to say thank you Dr. Bob Uslander. You were there when my husband needed you.”

Humanizing Healthcare

Our Foundation was established to optimize palliative and end of life care by filling gaps in the healthcare system and ensuring that financial burden is never an obstacle to people receiving the resources, education and support they need and deserve. Those navigating the final stages of life, the people who love them, and the providers who serve them all deserve to be informed and supported throughout their journeys.

Our goal is to amplify the voices of experts in our fields with like-minded professionals and interested community members, and connect people with each other and the resources they need to ensure an Empowered End of Life Experience™ for all. Together we can humanize healthcare and give those in need access to the care they deserve.


Our Movement:

Our founders and guest experts bring decades of expertise in Aging Well, Dementia Care, Palliative and End of Life Care, Grief and Bereavement, Family Support and more. Their dedication to shifting paradigms in healthcare is driven by a commitment to ensure more people have access to the community, education, resources, and support they deserve. Learn more about what’s available to you, your loved ones, and the medical professionals providing compassionate care to those in need.

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We Support…

People living with a complex illness

People living with a terminal illness

Families needing support 

People grieving the loss of a loved one

Palliative care medical professionals

End of life care medical professionals

And more…

Empowered Endings Foundation

In Their
Own Words

When Dr. Bob Uslander and Elizabeth Uslander, MSW, MTS, met, they realized they had a shared vision to ensure an Empowered End of Life Experience™ for all.

They’ve married their decades of expertise with partnerships in the community to humanize healthcare, reduce the financial burden, and remove barriers for everyone to access the support, community, education, and resources they need.

After the very sudden and unexpected death of my younger sister, Elizabeth Uslander was an enormous support. She was understanding, comforting and gave me a framework for my grief process. Losing someone is never easy, but with Elizabeth’s support it has been a much richer experience. I am grateful to have met her and highly recommend working with her.

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[Laing R.]

For us as a family, Bob and Elizabeth gave us the tranquility and support that we needed at that moment. It made a total difference in the way my Dad passed away. It allowed me to be the daughter and not a nurse.

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[Eva Goldstein]

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