Dead Serious #004 (MP3 – 13.1MB – 37min)
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Dead Serious…..”Everybody Hurts, …….sometimes”
This week’s episode of Dead Serious looks how a significant death can impact on our lives. How do we feel when we know someone we love is not going to ‘get better’. How do we talk about an imminent death in our families? Is there a pattern in the experiences of different families?
I interview fellow TPN Host Ian Dixon, who generously discusses his personal experiences with the illness and death of his mother and how his family responded, where he found support and how he made personal ‘meaning’ of his experience.
This episode also poses the questions:
- Is there one person in the family who is forced to ‘take control’?
- How do families support each other?
- What happens when dying people have little social support?
- How do work colleagues and employers respond when there is a bereavement in their workplace?

This is an episode that poses a number of questions we need to consider. Are we compassionate people? Do we show support to dying, grieving and sad people in our communities and if we don’t know how to, what can we do to educate ourselves?

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