aWake Before Death
Summary
The aim of the aWake Before Death project is to engage people of all ages in Clarence in the promotion and education of end-of-life planning, through the use of stories, music and the arts, to help build knowledge, awareness and capacity across the community in a sustainable way. The ‘aWake Before Death’ (ABD) project came about through a collaborative partnership process based on existing relationships between: Clarence City Council’s Positive Ageing Network (PAN) for service providers, the Clarence Positive Ageing Advisory Committee (CPAAC), and the Clarence Community Volunteer Service; Fairway Rise Retirement Living Village; Salmutations – Music Therapy; Community Conversations; and the Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre (WMNC)With the Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre as the auspice organisation, the partnership group applied for and received a grant from the Better Access to Palliative Care Program through the Tasmanian Association of Hospice and Palliative Care (TAHAPC) Inc. Council also contributed funds from its Positive Ageing Plan towards the project. aWake Before Death was planned and led by a partnership group within the Clarence area of Tasmania, Australia. The group worked together with local residents over seven months conducting conversations on death and dying, grief and bereavement and end-of-life planning. A very moving film clip was produced with some residents. The film is part of a suite of flexible resources to promote awareness of death and dying and to encourage other communities to have conversations about end-of-life planning. The film can be uploaded on websites and social media and used globally in a variety of settings for education and training. The kit of resources is designed by the community group to be sustainable and ongoing beyond the life of the project. The name of the project came from a community resident.
Website: http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/positiveageing
Key facts
Other target group(s): while the project has a target of older people it is a resource desinged for use by people of all ages
Sector(s): Information and communication
Desired outcome for older people:
Learn, grow and make decisions
Other Issues: The project deals with the little talked about fact of death and dying. We celebrate birth but not death, and this project aims to break down these barriers.
Contact details
Name: Andersson, Julie
Email address: jandersson@ccc.tas.gov.au
Preferred language(s): English