The Northern NSW Compassionate Communities group, lead by Anna Law, End of Life Care Project Lead for the LHD planned a stall in Ballina to help the community consider their future medical care and understand the importance of advance care planning. The stall was set up in Ballina Fair in April as part of National
The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) recently invited members of the local community to participate in an evening of discussion around end of life care in our area. The evening was part of the Compassionate Communities movement locally led by Anna Law, End of Life Care Project Lead for the NNSWLHD. Compassionate Communities is
The Compassionate Community “Call to Action” group has met on 23 August at the Ballina Surf Club to further build the local Northern NSW Compassionate Community. Anna Law, End of Life Care Porject Lead invited the group to join her for the follow up discussion and planning leading on from the initial forum in July.
One thing’s for sure – everyone dies. Let’s open up conversations about death and dying and talk about fostering more compassion within our communities. Come along to this free community forum and join health professionals, community members and friends to talk about this sometimes awkward subject. Hear from others about their experiences with dying and
The Groundswell Project recently announced that Northern NSW has been selected as one of the 8 communities known as “GroundBreakers” to be a part of The GroundSwell Projects’ Compassionate Communities Practice Forum. The honour is attributed to the hard work and application made by Anna Law, Project Lead, End of Life Care with the support
Anna Law, Project Lead, End of Life Care, Integrated Care recently attended the 2018 Building Death Literacy Conference in Sydney in her capacity as the local Groundbreaker Community Representative. Compassionate Communities is a whole of community approach to end of life support where caring for one another at times of need, loss and/or crisis becomes
Dr Sue Velovski chaired an educational evening with 110 people attending. Our local expert panel joined by Lawyer Andrew Saxton, End of Life advocate Professor Colleen Cartwright and Founder of The Groundswell Project Kerrie Noonan. The panel worked through 3 hypothetical cases—looking at all points of care from community to acute care with heartfelt discussions
The next “It’s Now or Never” workshop is scheduled for 4 April at Maclean. This one-day workshop is designed to support staff in recognising and responding to the need for end of life conversations to support patients and families. LHD staff can register via My Health Learning (HETI). Lunch is provided. Dates for 2018:
On 22 February members of The Groundswell Project visited the area to facilitate a workshop on building Compassionate Communities. The event was coordinated by Anna Law, Project Lead, End of Life Care. The Groundswell project is an Australian movement offering on-the-ground community development expertise, a digital resource hub and access to a network of leading
