Mental Health & Wellbeing
These websites also have some useful resources on Mental Health & Wellbeing: The Health Navigator website. This website includes reviews on some mental health and…
Resources
Resources
Kia kōrero | Let’s talk advance care planning
Advance care planning helps you, the important people in your life and your health care team plan for your end-of-life care. It helps you understand…
Ways to cope with grief
Grief is a normal process. It is the process of adjusting to your loss, and learning to live without a loved one in your life….
Te Hokianga ā Wairua, End of Life Service
Nobody really wants to think about the end of their life, but knowing what to include in your plans is a good place to start….
Carers NZ Website
Do you often assist a family, whänau or aiga member or friend with everyday activities? You may not see yourself as a “carer” – perhaps…
A Guide for Carers, Hospice NZ
There are many people who are caring for someone who is dying throughout New Zealand. Sometimes it can be difficult to know what to do…
What’s it like to die?
Death seems to have become a difficult topic for a lot of people. Many of us have lost the knowledge about what happens, what to…
What worries people about dying?
Hospice NZ asked some hospice staff from around the country what people talk about most often when it comes to worries about death and dying. …
Meet Waana: Realising the time has come, kua tae mai te wa
Waana used hospice services as she approached the end of her life. We spoke with her about her experiences of death and dying – both…
Meet Pam: Caring is not a burden
Pam and her husband Brent knew for 16 years that he could die at any time of heart failure. “Sometimes it was positive and sometimes…
Meet Emily: The importance of patience
Emily was the main caregiver for her Dad as he was approaching the end of his life, with the support of hospice services. She shared…
Meet Stu: You’re still living until you go
Stu is using hospice services to support him and his family. He had expected he’d be still working in his business until he received his…
Meet Pete & Margaret: Bringing dying into the open
Pete is using hospice services and Margaret cares for him at home. Pete says it has been a difficult process to come to terms with…
5 myths about palliative care
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 ways to help someone who is grieving
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 conversation starters with your family
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 ways to talk to a child about death
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…
5 things you might not know about death
Hospice NZ has created a range of 5 ways resources as part of the #weneedtotalkaboutdying campaign. Often it is hard to know the right words…