This article was updated on 16 March, 2023. It discusses forced adoption in Australia. Next week will be the 10th anniversary of then prime minister Julia Gillard’s apology to victims of forced adoption in Australia. As we’ve often said, there are other sources of grief besides death. Our Good Grief! … Read more
This article was updated on March 14, 2023. It discusses palliative care patients. What a great headline. Katrin Gerber has used it with the added thought – “Predicting survival to discharge of hospital patients referred to residential aged care.” Dr Gerber and her team looked retrospectively over a two year … Read more
This article was updated on March 11, 2023. It discusses death and palliative care in nursing homes. We’re still hearing uncomfortable stories from readers about the deaths of their elderly in nursing homes. Sometimes only a little thing went wrong, making the family sad for the dying person, and undoing … Read more
This story was updated on March 10, 2023. It discusses being a death doula. Kim Somerville looks like someone you’d expect to be working with chic designer wear at Noosa or another upmarket beach. The day we chatted at her favourite local coffee shop in Sydney’s Lilli Pilli, she wore … Read more
This article was updated on March 9, 2023. It discusses a final farewell. Today we’d simply like to share a lovely, very real story by our LinkedIn connection Christine Pedley who lives at Ferntree Gully, Victoria. Christine has been an authorised marriage celebrant for 11 years. She “co-creates ceremonies that … Read more
This article was updated on 7 March, 2023. It discusses collective grief and Covid-19. One of the good things to come out of the collective grief from the Covid-19 crisis is the realisation of the value of our local community. Yes it’s marvellous that before this, because of technology, we … Read more
We’ll be running another Death Cafe on March 11 at the St George and Sutherland Community College at 127-129 Sutherland Rd, Jannali on Saturday March 11. It goes from 10am til 12 noon. At a death cafe you express your thoughts and experiences. The facilitators guide, so the conversation is … Read more
We’ve been contacted by the team at the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying – Flinders University who want to find people who’ll tell them about their family’s experiences with a death doula. The services of death doulas are being utilised more and more in Australia. Here is … Read more
Australian cooking and media personality, Lyndey Milan’s ‘Comfort Food for Grief’ – is an occassional series with wholesome ideas for special foods to comfort you or those you love, during difficult emotional times. When we met it was immediately clear there was a strong connection between our missions. Lyndey is passionate … Read more
Here are some documents discussed at our Mosman Seniors Centre session today. It doesn’t matter whether you were there or not, these might be useful. Take our easy two question survey. And if you take our simple two question survey today, you could be in the draw to get a … Read more
Slip in at lunch time. The session will go for an hour, from 12 noon until 1pm, and we’d love to see you. Mosman Seniors Centre, Mosman Square, 12noon-1pm, Monday February 20. Coffee, tea and sandwiches will be provided. At the beginning of the session, we’ll invite you to answer … Read more
Join us on February 9, for our FREE event, as I and other guest speakers share our stories, knowledge, and experience about legal considerations, managing grief and bereavement, the benefits of memorialisation, as well as the importance of having ‘those’ conversations. “There will be plenty of room if someone joins … Read more
Do you want to use the interactive version of this – it’s easier! Just click here. What is your biggest question about dying? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is your biggest fear about dying? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Do you have something else you want to ask or say? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please let us know: Your age. … Read more
I shared ideas last Thursday around dying well with social work interns, who are learning by developing a public health approach to palliative care. During our session we discussed some troubling stories and how the intern’s positive input could help change some sad, yet avoidable hospital scenarios. This was part … Read more
Join us on February 9, as I and other guest speakers share our stories, knowledge, and experience about legal considerations, managing grief and bereavement, the benefits of memorialisation, as well as the importance of having ‘those’ conversations. Following the presentation, morning tea will be available along with the opportunity to … Read more
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