Event with Charles Leadbeater - Dying for Change: Innovations in End of Life Care

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"To allow people the deaths they want,

end of life care must be radically transformed..."

 

Dying for Change: Innovations in end of Life Care

Charles Leadbeater, leading authority on innovation and creativity and the co-author of the UK report 'Dying for Change', will be in Sydney June 13.

You are invited to join other people from the end of life sector and local social innovators over lunch from 12.30 to 3pm for peer-led discussions and debate about end of life care in Australia.

What are the opportunities and barriers to social innovation in End of Life Care?

What would a radically transformed end of life care sector look like in Australia?

From 3pm-6pm Charles Leadbeater will then join us in a dynamic and interactive afternoon to discuss the following:

  • The UK report Dying for Change key findings and recommendations
  • Examples of innovations in end of life care
  • Reinventing and transforming death and dying in the community
  • Strategies, barriers and opportunities for innovation

The event will also include the release of the research report Bringing our Dying Home: Creating Community at end of life - a collaboration between the University of Western Sydney, Cancer Council NSW and HOME Hospice.

For more information please contact Kerrie Noonan, 0439 040 499

kerrie@thegroundswellproject.com

Tickets available: http://charlesleadbeaterjune13.eventbrite.com/

 

This event is made possible because of the support of our sponsors and event partners:

The GroundSwell Project www.thegroundswellproject.com
Cancer Council NSW www.cancercouncil.org.au
Australian Social Innovation Exchange www.asix.org.au
Stanhope Healthcare Services www.stanhope.com.au
Private Care www.private-care.com.au
Port Kembla Community Project 

 


13 June 2011 - 12:30pm - 6:30pm

Location

Cancer Council NSW
153 Dowling St
Woolloomooloo, NSW
Australia
33° 52' 26.4648" S, 151° 13' 13.9908" E

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Re: Event with Charles Leadbeater - Dying for Change: ...

Only 7 days to purchase your tickets!

We can also announce the following speakers and topics:

Dr Debbie Horsfall, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney
Innovative social research  - Bringing our Dying Home: Creating Community at End of Life

Steve Lawrence, CEO, Australian Social Innovation Exchange
What is social innovation?

Prof. Patsy Yates, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Vice-President Palliative Care Australia
Current issues and challenges for innovation in the sector