Practical resources supporting conversations and education around end of life choices
The resources below promote the importance of having conversations about death and dying as part of life. They inform and educate to support decisions around end of life planning.
The Conversation Project - Based in the U.S. a project helping people share their wishes for care through the end of life, filled with many resources for anyone, living anywhere to consider and use
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Judy Ringer - Author, speaker and trainer - A video and step by step instruction on how to approach a difficult conversation
Death over Dinner Australia - A step by step guide to planning very special dinner, and help transform this challenging conversation into an inspiring one.
Conversations for Life UK - a great project using community development and film
The Conversation Project - USA - see their FABULOUS conversation starter kits.
To Absent Friends - Festival of Storytelling and Remembrance
Yourgoodbye - from the Australian Funeral Directors Association
The Stanford Letter Project - 3 simple templates that you can use to guide your thoughts and decisions.
Talking about death with children.
LifeTimes - book on how to talk with children about death
Top 10 children's books on death and bereavement by The Guardian
Blogs & podcasts to inform
Not from here - Dying and culture: how death customs and rituals affect how we think about life
The Pineapple Podcast Season 4 with Jan Fran
What to send to a funeral instead of flowers via What’s Your Grief
We need to talk about Death - BBC Radio
Better Off Dead by Andrew Denton
Rhyming the Dead via The Red Room Company
Cory Taylor on dying for beginners via the Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler ABC
Books to inform
If you would like to invest in furthering your knowledge the list below is a range of books available to purchase.
We are all going to die by Leah Kaminisky
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
I’m Dying Up Here: Books on How to Grieve and How to Die - A List from the New York Times
Top 5 Books about death - A List from Bianca Nogrady
The End by Bianca Nogrady
Dying For A Chat by Dr Ranjana Srivastava
The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
The Rest Easy Journal by Shanna Provost
Sacred Dying by Megory Anderson
The Art of Death Midwifery by Joelle St Pierre
Midwife for Souls by Kathy Kalina
The Needs of the Dying by David Kessler
Cherish - A tool to help you capture beautiful memories and moments to pass down by Shaela Mauger
Ripples - What Lies Beyond by Danielle Aitken
After Suicide Loss: Coping with Grief by Jack Jordan
No time to say Goodbye by Carla Fine
Touched by Suicide by Carla Fine
A Good Death: a compassionate and practical guide to prepare for the end of life - by Margaret Rice
Headstones - Advice & Inspiration - by Hannah Wessel
Dying to Tell You - by Kathryn Perks
Death, a love project, a guide to exploring the life in death and finding the way together
Conversations about Death by Sally Cant
Everything to know about Funerals and burials
Natural Grace - Victoria
Tender Funerals - Port Kembla
NDAN - Natural Death Advocacy Network - Australia
The Last Hooroo - NSW
National Home Funeral Alliance (NHFA) - USA based
You n Taboo - Independent funeral director specialising in family-led funerals located in Tasmania
Films & talks.
Love in our own time - Australian Documentary a film by Tom Murray and Madeleine Hetherton, is a documentary on the big things in life: birth, love, and death.
We dont move on from grief, we move forward with it a fantastic TED talk
FilmLife Project - a unique way to have the the chat about organ and tissue donation.
Legacy: A Ride To Conquer MND
All about Palliative Care
Caresearch - your link to research and grey research from across Australia and the world
Our favourite resources.
Public Health Palliative Care International Developing Compassionate Communities
Beyond Taboos - The GroundSwell Project
Love is not enough - Video from Advance Care Planning Australia
Dying Matters - England
Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief Scotland
Compassionate Inverclyde Scotland
Institute of Palliative Medicine Kerala - A WHO demonstration project that is now a WHO Centre for excellence in palliative care.
The Order of the Good Death - Caitlin Doughty and her crew make death awareness funky.
The Lien Foundation - Life Before Death
Are we missing something?
Should your website be listed? Do you have a suggestion? What did you find interesting? How you are developing your death literacy?
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