Preventing carer burnout is a global health priority - and there's a simple approach that you can use at home. Join me for an online masterclass in micro compassionate communities for those at end of life, disability support and home-based rehabilitation.

Join the growing community of people benefitting from the Mallon Model approach, it's easier than you think.

#MallonModel #masterclass #event #ComCom #learning #CarerBurnout #network #disability #EndOfLife #EOLD #EOLDoula #DisabilitySupport

ID: the Mallon Model Venn diagram and text "My Mallon Model article has been downloaded over 3, 800 times!! This model helps avoid burnout for disability, rehabilitation, home support, and end of life carers. (You can learn more in a masterclass) #AskAnnetta gdep.com.au"

It's #FridayFriends day!

An open access journal article about end of life doulas has been published in Palliative Care and Social Practice https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524231186826?fbclid=IwAR1_lCYDRs1WJPa0koUAVFTfFayNZ70QDBaicFJSCmtJEk4TdV9Isqj8Yac

Led by the incredible Marian Marian Krawczyk, the International End of Life Doula Research Group IEOLDRG members Emma Clare, Erin Collins, Sarah Farr, Elizabeth Johnson, Jennifer Mallmes, Annetta Mallon (me!), Kelly Oberle, and Jennifer Rigal all contributed to this article.

I'm honoured and grateful to work with this group.

What's happening in your Friday world?

#GDEP #IEOLDRG #EOLD #EOLDoula #DeathDoula #research #academia #writing #DeathPositive

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

VAD Foster's compassion, community, communication, and better end of life and death outcomes.

Don't believe the religious hysterical hype - VAD is opt-in and offers genuine choice for those who meet the criteria.

Advocacy and support from non-medical workers - like end of life doulas - can make the process even smoother for everyone involved. Got questions? I'm here to help.

#GDEP #VAD #AskAnnetta #choices #EndOfLife #dignity #EOLD #EOLDoula #DeathDoula #MallonModel #support

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/south-australians-access-voluntary-assisted-dying/102452176

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

Thank you BC, you were fabulous!

FUI - this is what I look like when I've been awake for a day and a half with only an hour and a half of sleep.

And my flight from Sydney to Launceston isn't for several hours yet. yay...

#GDEP #EOLD #IEOLDRG #travel #jetlag #EOLDAC #exhausted #IRL #fyp #canada🇨🇦 #australia #academic #research #tired

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

I gave a presentation at Douglas College in New Westminster BC today on end of life doulas and assisted dying as part of a virtual conference.

Thanks go to the brilliant cabaret artist Reuben Kaye for a pivotal quote I included in this talk (from his recent 'Live and Intimidating' show): "Nothing hates like Christian love". The perfect encapsulation of hysterical and fallacious opposition to VAD.

A fascinating day with international contributors. Thank you to the End of Life Doula Association of Canada and Douglas College.

#EOLD #DeathDoula #VAD #AssistedDying #MAiD #conference #PublicSpeaking #community #collaboration #ReubenKaye

Wow, the pace keeps increasing on Mallon Model downloads, now at over 3,300. 😍

You're welcome to join in the micro compassionate community movement and read the free article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

Avoid carer burnout, support end of life and best quality ongoing care at home in an easy, straightforward way. Online masterclasses for international time zones are available, email info@gdep.com.au for details.

#GDEP #MallonModel #AskAnnetta #ComCom #EndOfLife #HomeBasedDying #carer #caring #support #network #masterclass #research #academia #AcademicChatter #OriginalResearch #CompassionateCommunity #EOLD #DeathDoula #DeathPositive #DisabilitySupport #care #EndCarerBurnout

Amazing!!!

The interest in my Mallon Model article keeps growing - 3,000 downloads and counting.

You can see what everyone is so excited about here, the article is free https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #MallonModel #ComCom #EOLD #EndOfLife #network #support #DyingAtHome #academia #AcademicChatter #sociology

Did you know that I am part of an international end of life doula research group?

We're meeting up together in Canada next month, I'll keep you posted on what's coming next.

#IEOLDRG #AskAnnetta #EOLD #research #community #collaboration #australia #canada

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 carer burnout is an urgent global health issue, and that carers for those who choose to die at home are in this group? Happily, the micro compassionate community Mallon Model is designed to help avoid carer burnout, and to streamline end of life doula work.

The open access journal article explaining the Mallon Model has now been downloaded over 2,700 times, and you can also access training workshops - in person and online - to learn how to maximise the benefits of the model, and to tailor it for individual situations.

Click here to access the article https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/26323524211052569 or email info@gdep.com.au to arrange a workshop.

#GDEP #MallonModel #ComCom #EOLD #DeathDoula #DeathLiteracy #GoodStuff #EndIfLife

Getting your planning done in full makes such a difference to your important people! If you aren't sure what to do I'm here to help.

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #DeathLiteracy #AdvancePlanning #EOLD #EndOfLife #EndOfLifeConsultant #GoodStuff

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

Gentle Death Education and Planning and Dr Annetta Mallon wishes you and yours a happy and love-filled 2023. May all your end of life needs be met, and your advance planning be thorough and complete.

See you in the new year!

#GDEP #AskAnnetta #EndOfLife #AdvancePlanning #EOLD #DeathDoula #NewYear #GoodWishes #HappyNewYear2023 #nye2023 #love #hope #wishes #GoodStuff

ID: a pale pink background with the trademark GDEP logo at top left and lower right and text. "Happy 2023 new year Dr Annetta Mallon gdep.com.au"

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

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

Great news! I will be in Canada next April to deliver a keynote at the End of Life Doula association conference, as well as for the research symposium with some highly esteemed colleagues. I'm thrilled!

#travel #GDEP #canada #EOLD #EndOfLifeDoula #DeathDoula #squee