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The Role of Palliative Care in Helping Families with Closure and Acceptance
Discover how palliative care provides emotional, spiritual, and practical support to families, helping them navigate the end-of-life journey
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Jan 311 min read
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Reflection on the Journey of Life and How to Approach New Beginnings After Loss
Explore the journey of life, loss, and renewal. Learn how reflection, community support, and small steps forward can help navigate new begin
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Jan 311 min read
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Planning: Encouraging Families to Have Conversations About End-of-Life
Talking about end-of-life matters can feel uncomfortable, but these conversations are some of the most important a family can have....
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Jan 311 min read
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Ways to Be Present for those with life-limiting illness in the Festive Season
This time of year can evoke mixed emotions for people with life-limiting illnesses. The holidays may remind...
Isabelle Wills
Dec 15, 20243 min read
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Rituals of Light: Celebrating Life and Legacy
Light has long been a symbol of hope, love, and remembrance.
Isabelle Wills
Dec 15, 20243 min read
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Honouring Cultural and Spiritual Traditions in End-of-Life Care During the Holiday Season
The holiday season can be a particularly challenging time for families and individuals facing the end of life. It is a time filled with memo
Isabelle Wills
Dec 15, 20243 min read
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Celebrating Small Moments and Sharing Memories with Loved Ones During the Holidays
The holiday season can be challenging for those dealing with grief, especially when a loved one is on an end-of-life journey.
Isabelle Wills
Dec 15, 20242 min read
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Stories of Compassion at times of death, dying, caring, and grieving in our communities
Death, dying, caregiving, and grieving are shared experiences that touch everyone, transcending cultures, ages, and backgrounds. Yet,...
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Nov 26, 20243 min read
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The Role of Volunteers in Compassionate Communities: Caring at the End of Life
Communities come together in times of death, dying, caring, and grieving to offer support and solidarity. A growing movement,...
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Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Practical Ways to Foster Compassion in Daily Life: Being in the presence of death, dying, caring, and grieving
Death, dying, caregiving, and grieving are deeply human experiences that connect us all. These moments can feel isolating, overwhelming,...
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Nov 26, 20244 min read
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Cultural Perspectives on Compassionate Care at Times of Death, Dying, Caring, and Grieving
Caring for those nearing the end of life and supporting those left behind is a profoundly human experience shaped by our culture,...
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Nov 26, 20243 min read
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Advance care planning discussion at the Death Cafe by Allison Bartlett-Morley
The Death Café movement was started in 2011 by a couple of Brits (Jon Underwood and his mother Sue Barksy-Reid) in order to provide a...
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Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Living Well by Facing Death at Any Age
When we think about death, we often believe it only comes for older people—a distant event that happens only when we are aged, and our...
Isabelle Wills
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Living Well to Die Well: Preparing Peacefully
Have you thought about how to live to prepare for the end? When we think about death, the questions can be challenging. But these...
Isabelle Wills
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Beyond Farewell Workshop Reflection
This beyond farewell workshop was recently held at Birkenhead Library exploring ‘after death’ issues. As is the pattern with these events...
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Sep 25, 20242 min read
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The Importance of Self Care for Palliative Caregivers.
Caring for a loved one with a life-limiting condition can be an emotionally and physically demanding responsibility.
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Sep 25, 20243 min read
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Tangihanga Pōharatanga Wānanga
Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2024 Ngā mihi nui koutou katoa to all those that gathered near and far to attend our first...
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Aug 27, 20242 min read
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Dying Matters Week 2024
Here's a brief recap of the incredible events that took place We started the Dying Matters Week 2024 with Let’s Talk About Grief,...
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Aug 27, 20242 min read
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A Reflection of a Death Café Facilitator
Death Cafes were created in their current form by Jon Underwood and his mother, Sue Barsky Reid, in 2011. He believed there was a need to...
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Aug 27, 20242 min read
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Honohono Tātou Katoa is about better palliative care for everyone.Palliative care is about quality of life. It provides total care: psychosocial, spiritual, physical and cultural. Health services can’t do this alone. Our communities are a huge part of making the difference needed in the movement.
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