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DEAD AIR #169 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #169
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

The Political Language of Grief, CDAS blog post by Jane Ribbens McCarthy

Know Your Rights: VAD in Aged Care – GoGentle Australia

Celebrating Culture: Japanese Kotsuage Ceremony – Tobin Brothers

Morbid Anatomy Museum - Ghosts, Anomalous Experiences and Mysterious Encounters Open Mic, become a member HERE, 12 May 7-8pm GMT (Wed 13 May 5-6am AEST) 

Bundanon Trust, Make Good Festival talk: ‘What Death Can Teach the Living’ Dr Hannah Gould, Chanelle Collier, Amy Firth & Zimmi Forest. Bundanon, NSW, Sat 30 May, 10am – 10.50am. Info HERE

Dhelkaya Health monthly walk at Maldon Historic Cemetery. Thurs 28 May, 10:30am, inside gates at Maldon Cemetery. No RSVP required, just turn up or call 5479 1000 for further info.

The annual Memorial Service of Reflections and Memories. Dhelkaya Health, Cornish Street, Castlemaine, Tues 19 May, arrive 6.30pm, 7pm start. The service will go for approximately 30 minutes and will be followed by light refreshments. Further info 5471 3542 or email pastoralcare@castlemainehealth.org.au

For National Palliative Care Week, Dhelkaya Health, in partnership with the Palliative Care Consortium, will host a free community panel discussion Getting to the heart of it – big questions, real answers - Adam Rutnya, Voluntary Assisted Dying Navigator for the Loddon Mallee region, Hayley West, a local death literacy advocate, ceremony creator and independent death worker, and Jane Furze, Team Leader of Dhelkaya Health’s Community Palliative Care Program. A local GP will also join the discussion. Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine Library foyer, Thurs 14 May, 11am -12noon. FREE no bookings required, Community Palliative Care services 5471 3495 or visit the Dhelkaya Health website.

 TRACKS: Jealous Guy - Donny Hathaway / Your Power - Billie Eilish

DEAD AIR #132 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #132
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

Notes from the Open House Melbourne, Design + Death Beyond the Grave Memorialisation Symposium yesterday at the Shrine of Remembrance.

The truth about scattering cremated remains: why ashes don’t return to the earth naturallyThe Modern Mortician

I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortalityThe Guardian BOOK: No Ordinary Deaths – A People’s History of Mortality, by Molly Conisbee Booktopia.

Funeral Foods From Around the WorldYou Tube Mourning in the early 19th century: making funerals biscuitsYouTube

The next ELM Peer Support Group meeting for those affected by suicide loss will be held tonight: Mon 26 May, 6-7:30pm at The Castlemaine Safe Space. Monthly meetings on the final Monday of each month. Info: 0404 468 534 e: theelmpsg@gmail.com

Dhelkaya Health invites family members, friends, staff and the wider community to our Annual Memorial Service to remember and give thanks for the lives of patients, residents and clients of Dhelkaya Health who died between 1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2024. The service will be held in the auditorium at Dhelkaya Health's Castlemaine campus tomorrow, Tues 27 May. Arrive at 6.30pm for a 7pm. More info: 5471 3542.

Grief and Creative Practice with Chloe Coelho, presented by AHFA. Wed 28 May, 7-8.30pm AEST. Register HERE.

Departures and Dissolution – a meditation on death & dying. Free 3-hour experiential workshop with John Bradley, engaging Buddhist philosophy and coming to terms with death as essential lo living life fully. Sun 29 Jun, 4:45-8pm AEST. Hosted by The MIECAT Institute Inc Fitzroy. Book HERE. Mandala, Dancing in the Bardo exhibition - VIMEO

TRACKS: Opa-Loka – Hawkwind / Begger’s Need – electric citizen