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Dying to talk? It won’t kill you
“Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients’ anxieties...
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Coffee, cake and death – the ‘Death Cafe’
At a Death Cafe, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea or coffee and discuss death. Meeting friends at the café to chat about death might not be at the top of everyone’s bucket list...
View ArticleWhat makes for a happy life?
Being happy often means being engaged in either work or volunteer activities of some kind. What makes us happy is a question many of us would like answered and the results of Australia’s largest...
View Article[Video] NRL tough guys and the four year old boy
One of those precious moments that you don’t normally associate with footy. A four year old boy disappears from his mother’s side at an NRL Legends charity football match in Toowoomba between...
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What do you say when a loved one has cancer?
If you are over 45 and haven’t had a personal connection with cancer – either your own experience or the experience of someone you know – let’s face it, you are unusual. It is true that cancer isn’t...
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Thinking LAT …erally about relationships after 50!
Companionship, trust, love, support, even great sex; just not under the same roof! There’s a newly emerging kind of relationship in Australia and many of the couples at the vanguard are people over 50;...
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A death in the village
When a quiet, private man, living in a retirement village has a fatal heart attack, his body is not discovered for five days. Keryn Curtis hears the story from the daughter of one of the village...
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Need a grant for your community project?
Do you have a plan to start a community garden; establish an exercise group, or set up a computer club? Maybe you’re part of a bush regeneration club, a quilting group or you want to look at ways to...
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I’m old, not stupid
The title of a booklet caught my eye recently. It read, “I’m old, not stupid – What older people think but don’t say.” It describes itself as the ‘must read book’ for family members with elderly...
View ArticleSpeak up, fellas!
It’s no secret that when it comes to seeking medical advice (and possibly other forms of advice!), blokes are not known for their enthusiasm. Some reports have warned about a ‘quiet crisis’ being...
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