Uniting Conversations - Preparing for Death

Dealing with death, especially our own inevitable death can be psychologically and spiritually challenging.  Perhaps, however, the more important issue is that the less we do in preparing for our own death the harder we make it for those who will be caring for us, grieving our death and planning our funeral arrangements.  

The purpose of this Conversation will be to enable us all to be better informed about Palliative Care, Voluntary Assisted Dying and Advance Care Directives.  
This is your invitation to a valuable evening.  We look forward to seeing you.  

Our Speakers and Panelists will be: 

Dr. Tim To will speak about Palliative Care

•   is a full-time staff clinical specialist practising in geriatric and palliative medicine at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia.  
•       is the chair of the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) End-of-Life Steering Committee, 

Emily Pumpa will speak about Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD):

•       is an experienced health professional as an intensive care nurse, including working as an organ donor coordinator 
•       has post graduate qualifications in Nursing and Law  and is a passionate advocate for the rights of people at their end of life.

Judith Lowe will speak about Advance Care Directives (ACD):

•       is a dedicated Wellbeing Project Officer at the City of Onkaparinga and has worked in Positive Ageing at Local Government for the past five years. 
•       has a career has spanned various sectors, including within Not-for-Profits, Aged Care, and Tertiary Academia (UniSA and University of Adelaide). 

A small donation will be appreciated to help cover catering and other costs please.