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EVENTS, EDUCATION & TRAINING
From time-to-time NDAN offers workshops and casual ‘death café’ style conversational engagements across Australia. Education around end of life and death literacy are at the core of what NDAN is about. Learning your options and being about to communicate your wishes within the community of your close friends and family.
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FUNERAL PLANNING
NDAN is committed to providing you with choice regarding your funeral options. From coffins, transport, celebrancy and interment we endeavour to outline the options for traditional and contemporary funeral choices.
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END OF LIFE & PALLIATIVE CARE
There are many facets to this topic including the role of Doulas and the option of voluntary assisted dying.
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END OF LIFE DOULA
An End of Life Doula - aka Death Doula, to distinguish this role from a birth doula - is someone who provides non-medical support and advocacy services to the dying person, their families, and those close to them.
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HOME BASED DEATH CARE
There is no requirement to engage a funeral director to care for the body of your person. Here we offer information on looking after a person after death.
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FAMILY LED FUNERALS
There is no legal requirement for a funeral director to be involved in the ceremony of someone you love. Here we provide information to help you facilitate this journey so that you are in total control of the funerary proceedings – as much or a little as you want to be.
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NATURAL BURIAL & CREMATION
While there are some natural burial options around Australia (ie: NB sections within traditional cemeteries), at present there are no dedicated Natural Burial Grounds. It is one of NDAN’s core objectives to advocate for this increasingly popular method of interment and educate people about the highest standards of natural burial practice internationally.
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NATURAL BURIAL GROUNDS
There are a growing number of cemeteries and Councils who are promoting natural or bushland burial alternatives within their community. Some of these offerings can be confusing, with each place offering something slightly different.
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GRIEF & BEREAVEMENT CARE
Grief and sadness, or mixture of both, can start well before a death and continue into bereavement as you learn to navigate your altered future following a funeral. Here we offer a variety of bereavement care resources.
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ADVANCE CARE PLANNING
Advance Care Planning is an impartation step in claiming agency over your dying and death. There are many things to consider. Here we offer some options, links and things to consider.
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SHROUDED CREMATION
A shrouded cremation is one where a body is wrapped in a shroud for a cremation instead of being placed in a coffin. Since 2018 Shrouded Cremation has been available in Australia.
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