The interest in preventing carer burnout continues to grow - let's all celebrate better death literacy!

The Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 3,600 times, have you read it yet? Download for free at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Want to know more? Online masterclasses will be offered in the second half of the year.

#GDEP #MallonModel #EndOfLife #carer #network #EOLD #EndOfLifeDoula #Disability #rehabilitation #ComCom

Carer burnout is a worldwide problem - from end of life to disability and long-term rehabilitation support, carers and networks can struggle.

The Mallon Model can solve carer and support system problems, and help streamline end of life doula services. Read the free article and book a masterclass if you want to learn more. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #MallonModel #EOLD #EndOfLifeDoula #disability #DisabilitySupport #CarerBurnout #HealthCareWorker

Wondering how end of life doulas and compassionate community work intersects to benefit carers and support networks? Or if disability and long-term care from home could be improved?

Try this, it's free to read: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #EOLD #EOLDAC #ComCom #CompassionateCommunity #DeathDoula #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLDUK #research #CarerBurnout #MallonModel #disability #rehabilitation

Who says international research groups aren't glamorous??! We're here and deathy from Australia (me, in pink 🦘), Canada, the UK and USA - and the End of Life Doula Association of Canada & Douglas College have been invaluable in making this all happen.

We're here in New Westminster BC Canada for the International End of Life Doula Research Group (IEOLDRG) symposium and sea-map planning session for the next year or two. We were joined on Zoom by people from several countries who are eager to help shape and inform research directions. Such a rich week we are having - thank you everyone!

Stay tuned for updates.

#GDEP #research #collaboration #EOLDAC #EOLDUK #SeaMap #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #identity #ideas #group #work #GoodStuff

Vancouver BC airport arrivals and immigration hall.

#travel #IEOLDRG #EndOfLifeDoula #research #DeathDoula #FirstNations #textilrs #FibreArt #weaving #beauty #vancouver #canada #art

I worked at Advanced Care Planning Australia in 2017-2018, and I had a small hand in the project management of these animated videos.

After the Communications Manager left, I stepped up to see them through to completion. Produced by Creativa, it won Gold recognition in the 2018 Muse Creative Awards.

Working at ACPA planted the seed for becoming an end of life doula.

#EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #AdvanceCarePlanning #ACPweek23

Have you considered what kind of medical care you want if you can't speak for yourself?

It's National Advance Care Planning Week, and 'the time is now' to think about–and talk about–your values and preferences regarding future health care and end-of-life.

Advance care planning is key to ensuring your wishes are respected. Start the conversation.

https://smallhours.com.au/the-time-is-now-talking-about-advance-care-planning/

#EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #AdvanceCarePlanning #HealthcareDecisions #ACPweek23

Yesterday was a beautiful, sunny day. I went to the hospital to witness paperwork for a patient who is seeking voluntary assisted dying.

Voluntary Assisted Dying is available in #Victoria (and other states) to people who meet the eligibility criteria. The law allows a person in the late stages of advanced disease to seek medical help to end their life. Some of the paperwork requires two witnesses.

#VoluntaryAssistedDying #VAD #AssistedDying #Euthanasia #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

I finally leapt and published my new end of life doula services website and social media profiles. I invite you to check them out and connect with me on these accounts for end of life information.

https://smallhours.com.au
https://www.facebook.com/SmallHoursDoula
https://www.instagram.com/smallhoursdoula

#EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula

Wow! My Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 2,800 times!

Am so chuffed.

The article is free to access, and workshops are available. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #MallonModel #research #sociology #EndOfLife #DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #ComCom

Did you know that the Natural Death Advocacy Network (NDAN) offer bi-monthly information sessions that include some of the biggest names in the field - and that you don't have to be a member to attend?! The sessions run for 2 hours, with the first half being recorded and available for attendees to replay for 2 months post-event. The second half is a Q and A, but only available for NDAN members and is not recorded.

On April 2nd from 9-11am (GMT +11 Hobart/Melbourne time) Dr John Troyer will present on Technologies of the Human Corpse. Dr Troyer is the Director for Death and Society at the University of Bath, and a co-founder of the Death Reference Desk website.

You can book your tickets through trybooking here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1004189&

Discount prices available to members - for a modest fee of $30 per year you can really reap the benefits.

#EndOfLife #information #webinar #NDAN #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathLiteracy #DeathDoula #event

How not to treat people with face blindness (and lose business goodwill at the same time) - insist that the person (who you know cannot remember faces) will "figure it out, so I'll leave you to it" and walk off smirking.

For me,this is awful to experience.

And fair warning: I will get some help, figure out who you are, and never - ever - refer people to you because you are neither safe nor compassionate and we work in allied fields. Because if you do this to me and you have met me, what will you do to someone with trauma, special needs, other challenges?!

Be kind to others, and don't play spiteful games with people, it hurts everyone.

Have a good, and compassionate, day.

#GDEP #FaceBlindness #PersonalStory #EndOfLifeDoula #GriefTherapist #honesty #kindness #compassion

I read 'Attending the Dying: A Handbook of Practical Guidelines' by Megory Anderson this week. This handbook is for Christian pastoral care workers supporting people who are actively dying. It's only 120 pages, but it is full of practical information, and it would be helpful for anyone caring for others at the end of life. Maybe I will review it on my new death doula business website (coming soon).

#DeathDoula #EndOfLifeDoula #PalliativeCare

Is your advance planning done, and done well?

If you need support, advice or insights I'm here to help.

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #AdvancePlanning #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DetailsMatter #support #LetsTalk

Let's change a toxic and exclusionary practice that is rife in the language of end of life work: "walking".

Based on a quote by Californian man Ram Dass ("we're all just walking each other home"), western - predominantly white - EOL doulas, volunteers, speakers and therapists repeat this phrase like a chant. However, it is unnecessarily ableist, and therefore exclusion, in nature. Because not everyone walks, ambulates, or has control over muscle and locomotion in life - and none of us are up and around when we are dying.

Using "walk" or "walking" instead of words that indicate a role of accompanying or companioning the dying makes invisible people with disabilities, who are already marginalised. Disabled carers and those close to a dying person are also excluded when phrases of this kind are employed. Let's do better.

What words and phrases could you use instead of discriminating against disabled people?

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #ableism #language #inclusion #disability #change #respect #visibility #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #EOLD

My Mallon Model article is in the Palliative Care and Social Practice journal list of "most read articles"!

At over 2,600 downloads I am proud to be contributing to better home-based care, especially for end of life, by helping avoid carer burnout. Click here to get the free article for yourself: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/26323524211052569

ID: the Mallon Model article on this list.

#GDEP #MallonModel #research #PeerReviewed #WritersOfMastodon #happiness #achievement #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #VAD #carers #sociology #PalliativeCare #ComCom

Published 14 months ago, my Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 2,600 times! This is an incredible achievement for original, independent research and I am incredibly chuffed.

This tells me that the demand for simple, effective ways to support home-based care without carer burnout is genuine - and I am so proud to be helping to make this a reality. Disability care, long-term rehabilitation, and home-based end of life and death can all be made safer and easier with this model. Share widely if you can. ☺️

Download the free article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Got questions? I'm happy to help.

#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #caring #network #support #EndOfLife #research #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #disability #EOLD #VAD #AskAnnetta

Tonight I attended Preparing the Way's end-of-year virtual celebration. It was great to see end of life doulas from across Australia and hear about their challenges and achievements this year. It's been a whirlwind, and everyone is excited about 2023.

#EndOfLifeDoula #PreparingTheWay

Tonight I attended Preparing the Way's end-of-year virtual celebration. It was great to see end of life doulas from across Australia and hear about their challenges and achievements this year. It's been a whirlwind, and everyone is excited about 2023.

#EndOfLifeDoula #PreparingTheWay

I drove to Hobart and back today for an end of life doula-specific information session about Voluntary Assisted Dying in Tasmania, run by the fabulous VAD committee.

A brilliant morning of information capped by the discovery that THERE ARE PENGUINS FROLICKING AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING!!

Stay tuned for upcoming information sessions in 2023.

#fun #VAD #EndOfLifeDoula #EOLD #statues #PublicArt #penguins #happiness #joy #GDEP #tasmania