Talking About Death Won’t Kill You
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Sat 18 Jun
1:30-2:45pm
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Discovery Lounge - Ground Floor
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What does a good death look like? Should we plan our own deaths? How do current issues like the global pandemic, loneliness, and inequality influence the ways we die and cope with loss? And how can we end taboos around death? Explore this and other topics with a panel of people with lived experiences and insights into death, facilitated by experienced journalist and palliative care advocate Rita Alfred-Saggar.
Our panellists are Lana Glagowski, CEO of Palliative Care WA; Dr Jaya Dantas, population health expert and Dean International of Curtin University’s Faculty of Health Sciences; Satyam Brown, certified palliative counsellor and social worker; and Melanie Hawkes, WA Associate Director of Physical Disability Australia.
This conversation is brought to you by the Centre for Stories.
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A journalist and media consultant with broad experience across a range of professional disciplines. Rita has worked for a variety of different organisations, including the international aid sector and the hospice and palliative care movement.
Dr Jaya Dantas is Dean International in Curtin University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and leads research into refugee and migrant health. She was a delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and has been mapping the COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on vulnerable populations.
Lana has worked in a variety of roles in Federal and State Governments and the not-for-profit sector. She established a consulting business and in that context was introduced to the Palliative Care WA. She has been their CEO for eight years and is passionately committed to quality palliative care.
Melanie acquired her physical disability as a child and is a passionate advocate for people with disabilities. She does this through her paid work with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA and AD Web Key, and volunteering with organisations including Physical Disability Australia and Women with Disabilities WA.
Satyam Brown has completed a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, a Master’s in Counselling and specialises in palliative care. He has supported palliative patients in hospices, prisons, mental health facilities, disability group homes and aged-care facilities for over a decade. He is also the co-owner of Surya Health.