Being able to talk about loss and grief with young people is important, this is further highlighted by the frequency of coronavirus in the news.
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At a Death Café, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The Death Café model was developed by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid, based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz. A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session.
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The Groundwell Project will be introducing a new volunteer role, “Compassioneer” (Compassion + Pioneer + Volunteer = Compassioneer).
A Compassioneer is a collaborator in conversations and planning around dying and death. Comfortable to converse with adults of all ages and across diverse groups, the role is to listen, educate, signpost and handhold through the decision-making process of end-of-life planning.
Click here to find out more about Compassioneer

Your Emotional Will is about your legacy. It is a way to share your thoughts, values, lessons in life, passions, hopes and dreams with your children, friends, and future generations.
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Click here to view Your Final Checklist

It's time to break the taboo that exists around death, argues palliative care doctor and author Kathryn Mannix.
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Most of us have never seen anyone die. Few have any idea what to expect as death approaches, and most have unrealistic fears about it. Kathryn wants to change that. She believes that we lost familiarity with dying over the course of the 20th century, and she wants us all to reclaim that forgotten wisdom. Her talk will explore what happens as we die, and explain how knowing more can make us all less afraid. It’s a conversation that has comforted thousands of her dying patients.
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Dr Kathryn Mannix gives a very human explanation of 'ordinary dying' in a way that all generations can understand. A topic mostly avoided she has made very accessible, with this talk and her widely acclaimed books 'With The End in Mind' and 'Listen' Dr Kathryn Mannix who was a consultant in palliative care medicine for 20 years, working in hospices, patients’ own homes and a large teaching hospital, gave this additional talk to our Youth Audience.
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Room 64 was the room where Evelyn Brooks spent the final three weeks of her life. But it was more than just bricks and mortar. It was people, love and support. “Room 64” is a podcast about the stories that came out of that room - and other rooms like it is Barwon Health’s Palliative Care Unit, Through story telling and personal experiences, this podcast explores palliative care and the difficult topics of death and dying with the goal of making everyone a little more comfortable about talking what matters most.
Click here to be directed to Barwon Healths podcast page to select an eposide.

A relatively new concept in palliative care is that of public health palliative care (also known as health promoting palliative care). This is based on the public health concept of a population approach linking to the World Health Promotion Guidelines ‘the Ottawa Charter’.
Click here to be directed to the CareSEARCH website for information on Public Health in Palliative Care

The Public Health Approach to Palliative Care Principles, Models, and International Perspectives
Click here to be directed to the BC Centre for Palliative Care website
The Groundswell Project works with individuals, organisations and communities to improve how people in Australia die, care and grieve.
They provide educational workshops, develop innovative programs and advocate for a better end of life experience for all.
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Dying to Know Day, on August 8 2023, is all about fostering deep conversations about the one thing all humans have in common — death. After reading a book called “Dying to Know: Bringing Death to Life,” an Australian organization called The Groundswell Project decided to dedicate an entire day to destigmatizing the topic of dying and educating others on how to die in a way that stays true to themselves and their wishes. The hope, on this holiday, is that we’ll all accept and plan on death so that we can live even better in the present moment
Click here to be directed the the Dying to Know Day website for useful resources and ways to participate.
Palliative care enables people to live the life they please until the very end.
Live the life you please short film series, developed by Moonshine Agency, explores stories from patients, caregivers and loved ones.
How to cope with unexpected family loss
Husband in a Handbag
Embracing life with MND
Using art to make sense of death
Love, life and dementia
Spiritual care at the end of life
Using music and art to heal grief and loss
Finding new hobbies at the end of life
Finding support when living with dementia
Choosing to die at home
Finding new life in aged care
Seeking support after the loss of a child
Being on Country when the time is right
Click here to visit the Live the life you please website for more information on this campaign

National Palliative Care Week (NPCW) is an annual awareness raising week organised by Palliative Care Australia and supported by palliative care state and territory peak bodies. This years’ event will be held from 21st-27th May 2023.
Click here to be directed to the Palliative Care Australia website