by Julieanne Hilbers | Sep 24, 2024 | Resources
Wanting to start or grow a Compassionate Community where you live? Here are some guides and toolkits from around the world to help you. Compassionate Bunbury Charter and Toolkit | South West Compassionate Communities Network | 2022 This is an example of a...
by Jules | Mar 12, 2024 | Building social connectedness; networks of care and support, Resources
Being socially connected improves the quality of our lives and being surrounded by people we care about improves our end-of-life journey. Here are some programs that help us to grow and mobilise our personal networks of care and support. Compassionate Connector...
by Jules | Mar 11, 2024 | Resources, Talking about death
These projects provide opportunities to have a conversation about caring, dying and grieving. Dying to Know Day (August 8) A grassroots campaign that anyone can get involved in to build local connections and conversations in place (communities, health services and...
by Jules | Mar 10, 2024 | Caring for others, Resources
At times we will be the carer, at times we will be the one being cared for. Sometimes we need to reach out to care for the carer. Weavers offers 1-1 peer support for Carers from someone who has been a Carer. Carers Australia represents Australia’s unpaid...
by Jules | Mar 9, 2024 | Planning ahead, Resources
Planning ahead involves planning ahead as we age, become a carer, deal with our own death including our bodies and assets (including digital assets). Advance Care Planning is a process to help you plan your medical care in advance so if you become too unwell to make...
by Jules | Mar 8, 2024 | Caring for Someone at Home, Resources
As many as 70% of Australians want to die at home and yet comparatively few achieve that. However, when services such as community palliative care and a person’s personal support network work together the likelihood of being able to stay at home before and after death...
