Kübler-Ross Foundation teams with INELDA for centennial grief-care program

The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation is marking the psychiatrist’s 100th birthday with a new partnership with INELDA to expand grief education and end-of-life care. The collaboration launches a 15-hour online program in January 2027 and adds a European doula training in Zurich later that spring.

Why it matters: - The partnership is designed to bring Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s grief and dying teachings to caregivers, clinicians and end-of-life doulas at a time when demand for compassionate, practical support is growing. - The collaboration aims to widen access to grief education for both professionals and the public, with no previous training required. - The centennial effort ties Kübler-Ross’s legacy to current end-of-life care training and practice.

What happened: - The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation partnered with the International End-of-Life Doula Association to mark EKR 100, the centennial commemoration of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s birth. - The two organizations co-created “When Grief Is Present,” a 15-hour online educational program. - The program will run Jan. 20 through Feb. 8, 2027, with live online sessions Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern. - Base tuition is $495. - INELDA also plans its first in-person European end-of-life doula training in Zurich, Switzerland, in March 2027. - Additional details for the Zurich training will be announced later.

The details: - “When Grief Is Present” blends Kübler-Ross’s teachings with the INELDA Doula Approach™. - The curriculum is built around six live, educator-led online sessions. - Participants will study the physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual dimensions of grief. - The course uses experiential learning, reflection and practical approaches to compassionate accompaniment. - The program includes support strategies for anticipatory grief and bereavement. - The course is open to end-of-life doulas, hospice and palliative care professionals, counselors, chaplains, health care providers, caregivers and the public. - Kübler-Ross’s 1969 book, “On Death and Dying,” helped challenge medical and social attitudes toward mortality by elevating the voices of dying patients. - Her work emphasized dignity, compassion and listening without judgment. - Ken Ross founded the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation in 2005. - The foundation says Kübler-Ross’s books are now published in 44 languages.

Between the lines: - The partnership extends Kübler-Ross’s ideas beyond legacy commemoration and into a structured training product for current end-of-life professionals. - The program’s focus on grief as a human response to love, loss and change pushes back against the idea that grief follows a fixed timeline or has a single correct outcome. - The Zurich training places the centennial message in Kübler-Ross’s birthplace, which adds symbolic weight to the European expansion.

What's next: - Registration and program details are available through the course page. - INELDA says it will announce more information about the Zurich training later. - The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation and INELDA are likely to use the centennial to continue promoting grief education and end-of-life care collaboration.

The bottom line: - The centennial partnership turns Kübler-Ross’s legacy into a new training pipeline for people who work with grief, death and dying.