“All lives don’t matter until black lives matter,” a young protester in Sydney told the ABC on Tuesday night. American George Floyd’s death has triggered distress in Australia’s Indigenous families about their own people’s continued deaths at the hands of authorities. Change appeared to come after a Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody more […]
Grief
Contact, listen and bless.
What do you say to someone who’s recently been bereaved? “Contact, listen and bless,” says the UK’s At A Loss organisation. The bless is “shower with good things”. At A Loss’s tips include: make contact, even if you’re unsure about it call, don’t video call be prepared to leave a message, including saying there’s no […]
Our grief responses are okay – even the little ones.
Today “The OKs of Covid-19: validating our responses to the pandemic”, which comes from the Home Nursing Agency, Pennsylvania, USA. We’re re-sharing this post from Deb Rawling’s Linked-In page. Thank you Deb. Deb is a Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care, Flinders University, South Australia. This simple guide has 10 great insights to help cope with […]
To live or not to live – Covid-19 and the elderly
As Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an ‘early mark’ for Australians on social distancing restrictions from Saturday 2 May, 2020, because of our success in controlling Covid-19, the spotlight stays on the continuing sources of outbreaks – including aged care facilities. Scrutiny will ensure we don’t have a sudden surge of new cases, as […]
Why screens don’t always cut it.
Human communication takes a battering when we have to rely on technology to say hello to friends and family or run a meeting. It can be more tiring, as psychiatrist Gianpiero Petriglieri explained very clearly in a recent tweet. He’s been described as an “expert on leadership and learning in the workplace, notably leadership in […]