Linked to Life – ChiLL

ChiLL is the acronym for Choices in Later Life, a seminar program that invites participants to explore their options when planning for dying and death. Those who work in this area describe it as the last great taboo. They are concerned that lack of preparation causes unnecessary distress to the dying and leaves the bereaved with extra burdens.  We aim to confront fear and ignorance with information and resources that will better prepare everyone for one of life’s inevitabilities.

We go beyond the familiar “making a will” and whether to be “cremated or buried” and introduce the subjects of:

• Enduring Power of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship
• Advanced Care Planning and How to Assemble an Advanced Care Plan
• How and where to lodge your Advanced Care Plan
• Preparing the Family and Other Carers
• To Do List in preparation for Loss of Capacity or Dying
• Palliative Care – What it is and isn’t and how to access it
• What happens when someone is dying
• Voluntary Assisted Dying – What it is and isn’t and how to access it
• Death Doula services including Local Resources
• Organ Donation
• Funeral Planning and How to Celebrate a Life
• Getting on with your life after the Death of a Partner
• Bereavement and Bereavement Resources

The emphasis throughout is about how to access the resources, services and people that assist in these tasks.