WHO: For adults
WHEN: Friday 8 September at 10.30am
WHERE: Penrith City Library
Tickets are $10 and include lunch and morning tea.
TICKETS and EVENT INFORMATION HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/embracing-the-end-expo-tickets-679236684207?aff=oddtdtcreator
Join us for a day of discussion around death and dying, and how you can prepare for the end of your life and support others too.
10.30am – Why We Never Die Alone – Author Talk with Karon Coombs
11.30am – Morning Tea
Midday – Healthy End of Life Planning Panel with Niki Read and friends
1.00pm – Lunch
2.00pm – Planning Ahead – Law Talk presented by Western Sydney Community Legal Centre
Author Talk with Karon Coombs
Karon is passionate about bringing all her life experience, knowledge and skills to support people to navigate their journey of grief. Being a registered nurse who specialised in Palliative Care and Bereavement, she conceived and directed the award winning documentary, ‘A Part Of You Dies’. Having personal experience with the death of her son, parents and friends, has taken Karon to far deeper levels of personal understanding of grief which she brings to her work.
Healthy End of Life Planning Panel Discussion
Niki Read from LaTrobe University will be leading a discussion around healthy end of life planning with death doula and funeral director, Skie Denham, chairperson for Western Sydney Tender Funerals, Amy Sagar and pallative care nurse.
Planning Ahead For Future Decision Making – presented by Western Sydney Community Legal Service
This presentation aims to empower end educate older people and their families to use legal options to actively plan ahead for a time if/when they can no longer speak or decide for themselves. The presentation covers: The main areas of life we may like to plan ahead for; Powers of Attorney; Enduring Guardianships; Advance Care Directives; Wills; Practical tips to plan ahead using legal documents (including the need to have “legal capacity”); What happens if we don’t plan ahead using legal documents and Where to go for extra legal information, advice and/or representation.
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