How do I support someone facing death?
Caring for people with terminal illness and those around them
Compassion is helping carry a load. Supporting people walking through the process of dying enables them to take this final journey with dignity and meaning. This ensures we all get the healthy closure that only comes from a good death.
What is good palliative care?
A medical speciality committed to caring for the dying
Getting appropriate end-of-life palliative care is essential. It’s something every Kiwi should know about, and have available to them. This holistic medical approach enlists the help of teams of specialists to ensure the best possible natural death.
What does dying actually look like?
Becoming familiar with something we all have to face
Death is one of the only guarantees in life – yet it’s something we avoid thinking and talking about. This evasion of reality is often fuelled by fear... fear of the unknown, the uncontrollable, and the mysterious. One of the best ways of overcoming this fear is to get informed.
Are there risks to the terminally ill?
A blunt instrument targeting those facing death?
Eligibility makes terminal patients the most at-risk group of legislation-backfire. Wrongful deaths are inevitable because this law fails to address misdiagnosis, inaccurate prognosis, lack of good healthcare, and the psychological and emotional challenges faced during every end-of-life journey.
Are there risks to the elderly?
Feeling like a burden, and being coerced: an undercurrent to death
Ableism, ageism, and elderly abuse equal a dangerous landscape to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia into. The sense of being a burden is one of the top three reasons for choosing these options internationally. Will this dangerous phenomenon now raise its ugly head in New Zealand?