By Ruth Limkin I think often of a conversation I had last year with a woman whose daughter had a disability. She and I were sitting together at a lunch I attended. We got talking about the community research I was engaged in, and she shared about the very limited support available for parents raising children who required higher levels of care. She wasn’t asking … Continue reading So often forgotten
I recently posted “The Gift of Presence”, about my recent experiences volunteering at an aged care facility. A friend, who works in Aged Care, sent me the following after reading my post. I asked her if I could share it, and she graciously allowed me to do just that. Please read it. It’s deserves a wide audience. “If I was to ask what feelings and … Continue reading Places to live, not just to die
The recent news that Queensland will lose 10 palliative care beds is disturbing, both in the fact that it is happening, and that the loss of such a vital service receives so little attention. State Government funding cuts to Oxley’s Canossa Hospital means their public palliative care service will be reduced and then closed, early in the new year. While the State government has said … Continue reading Reluctant conversations
Extract from an article published in Viewpoint magazine. To lose a loved one to suicide is a tragedy that no one should ever have to endure. Sadly, the situation is by no means rare, with suicide the leading cause of preventable death in Australian adults under 40. Yet we hear so little about it. The Government needs to speak about mental health, and it desperately … Continue reading Keeping the conversation alive
