Death Cafe - Fremantle

18/10/2025

Some hospitals and hospices in the UK and Australia have introduced “Cuddle Beds”, that is special wider beds that let families lie beside their loved ones who are terminally ill. These beds bring comfort, warmth, and emotional closeness during the most difficult final moments of life.

Hospices like St Wilfrid’s and North Devon Hospice in the UK, and hospitals in Queensland and Western Australia, have already started using cuddle beds.

They allow partners, children, or even grandchildren to cuddle their loved ones safely while still giving nurses room to provide care. Many of these beds are donated through community support and charity foundations, showing how compassion and innovation can go hand in hand.

Families say these beds make a heartbreaking time a little more peaceful . helping patients feel loved and held until the very end. It’s a touching reminder that sometimes, love and presence are the best medicine of all.

09/10/2025

14/09/2025

The process isn't as morbid as it sounds.

05/09/2025

It's not often you get a chance to hear from someone who has just days to live, but Hilary Webster has chosen to spend some of her remaining time on this earth talking about the decisions she's made after receiving some devastating news in July.

09/08/2025

09/08/2025

Who’s going to look after my dog? Who gets my vinyl collection? Can I be buried in my favourite AC/DC T-shirt?

Death doulas like Danni Petkovic [Proveda] are making it easier for people to talk about and understand their own death.

She told ABC Radio National Breakfast that many people she works with are worried about leaving their families behind to deal with the sadness and logistics, but Ms Petkovic says once a family conversation begins, “no one ever says, I want to stop talking about this.”

“It's not so much death itself, it's the dying process and what it looks like,” she says.

Today is Dying to Know Day, a chance for people to come together and have conversations about end of life and planning and what it means for their family.

🎧 Hear the story on ABC Radio National Breakfast on the ABC listen app: https://bit.ly/4l1q5v9

04/08/2025

Our next FREE Mental Health Professional Network event this coming Wednesday 6th of August at Connections WA, Port Kennedy.

Guest speaker Dr Margaret Sealey will be covering the topic of living in a death phobic society where the subjects of death, dying, grief and loss are taboo. As professionals, we need to have the skills to tackle these topics without fear.

Please register to attend
https://mhpn.org.au/members/ #/Meeting/
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28/07/2025