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Southern NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Team recognised for multidisciplinary collaboration in national awards
14 November 2024
The Southern NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Program team were awarded the Rural/Remote Multidisciplinary Collaboration of the Year award at the National Rural and Remote Health Awards this week.
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Let's talk about death and dying event
30 July 2024
Community members are invited to a free information event in Shellharbour on 7 August to learn, ask questions, and feel empowered to openly and compassionately explore topics related to death and dying.
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Let's talk about the inevitable - dying and advance care plans
17 March 2024
This National Advance Care Planning week (18 to 24 March) is the perfect time to start a conversation with loved ones about what living well means to you and to them, and who should speak for you if you could no longer communicate or make your own health care decisions.
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Free local workshops to prepare for end of life
20 February 2024
Local community members can join free online or face to face 'Last Days' workshops in Bega, Queanbeyan, Shellharbour and Ulladulla to help them navigate the last days of someone they care for.
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'Matters of Life and Death' - a local perspective
23 May 2023
The theme for National Palliative Care Week 21 – 27 May, 'Matters of Life and Death' aims to raise awareness about palliative care and its benefits and to celebrate the dedication of all those working and volunteering in palliative care across Australia.
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Locally filmed videos encourage us all to plan for our future health care
21 March 2023
This National Advance Care Planning week (20 to 26 March) is the perfect time to start a conversation with loved ones about what living well means to you, and who should speak for you if you could no longer communicate or make your own health care decisions.
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New service for some older people to access aged care in South Eastern NSW
23 February 2023
A free service is now available to help some older people in South Eastern NSW who need extra, intensive support to access aged care services and other supports in the community.
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Register as a life saving organ donor
25 July 2022
DonateLife Week, from 24 to 31 July, aims to increase awareness of organ donation and encourage people to become an organ and tissue donor.
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One of COORDINARE’s active consumer representatives and member of COORDINARE's Community Advisory Committee, Brad Rossiter, is an organ recipient and organ donation advocate.
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Palliative care spotlight - introducing Senior Aboriginal Health Worker Lara Acevedo
21 June 2021
Hello (Yiradhu marang) my name is Lara Acevedo I have recently commenced in the role of Senior Aboriginal Health Worker with the Palliative Care service in the Shoalhaven. I am a proud Wiradjuri woman with bloodlines on my mother’s side, whose country is Mudgee.
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Introducing the Capacity Help end of life care program
10 November 2020
Capacity Help: Translating Public Health Palliative Care Concepts into Practice is a new project being funded by COORDINARE to demystify death, bereavement, and grief across the Southern Eastern NSW region and build community understanding about end of life.
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Funding to support palliative and end of life care
16 October 2020
COORDINARE has recently announced funding to support two initiatives for palliative and end of life care.
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General practice encouraged to complete NSW Ambulance Authorised Care Plans by April
20 March 2020
As the Easter public holidays approach (9-14 April 2020), early identification and completion of NSW Ambulance Authorised Care Plans is key to ensuring patients with a life-limiting illness receive the best possible care.
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Authorised Care Plans enable paramedics to provide the care detailed in a patient’s plan.