Knowledge and tools to navigate a person’s last days
Around 160,000 people die every year in Australia - so how can we help their carers prepare for what's coming?
Our Last Days program is designed to equip people with practical knowledge and tools to navigate the last days of someone they care for.
We also offer Last Days Dementia, to help carers negotiate the complications that come when someone with dementia is dying.
The Last Days program has been generously supported by the HammondCare Foundation.
Participants learn
- How we die and the role of palliative care
- What a 'good death' is and the choices we have
- How to have conversations about dying and plan for what’s ahead
- Practical matters to get affairs in order
- Care choices as we near death
- Grief and loss
- Rituals, rules and regulations around death
- How dementia affects the process of dying
“So informative. I feel prepared to confront the difficulties that come from saying farewell to those we love.”
The Last Days Program pilot participant
“Very informative and reassuring. Having this knowledge makes me feel less anxious about the end of life. Thank you.”
The Last Days Program pilot participant