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TV Interviews Channel 10: The Project 'The Last Chapter' Publication date: 10 April 2025 Violet CEO Melissa Reader joined healthcare experts in a powerful 10-minute national segment examining Australia's aging population crisis. ...
This report is a contemporary review of the global evidence base, as well as industry and consumer research conducted by The Violet Initiative.
Research conducted by The Violet Initiative and The Evolved Group, involving over 1000 participants across Australia, exposes a concerning lack of discussion and preparation regarding death and dying.
Major philanthropic grant to build a coalition of businesses 'we turn to for help' in the last stage of life. The Violet Initiative (Violet) has been awarded a major grant from Ecstra Foundation, a grant making charitable ...
You’re compassionate. So are we. Most of us at some stage, will care for someone who will die. It will be one of the most challenging and transformative roles we will ever step into. And yet, it is also one of the least ...
According to the article, a lack of acceptance, planning and ineffective communication means that all too often, the attitudes and preferences of a person in the last stage of life, are neither discussed, understood, or ...
The last stage of life can often have a very clinical focus, and this can be at the expense of a more human, social and emotional one. Communication patchy - difficult conversations are not well handled, or at worst, are avoided ...
Regretful death is a universal issue; most of us at some stage will care for a loved one through the last stage of life and their subsequent death. Less than 10% of Australians have a plan for the end of their lives and research ...
Over the last 2 years we’ve worked hard to refine our products; build partnerships with some of Australia’s largest businesses and philanthropic organisations; establish a new technology platform to deliver our services at ...
Andrew Macpherson, Chair of The Violet Initiative and also Chair of Australia’s biggest social enterprise, Work Ventures, share his views on the organisation’s strategy and structure - and what brings him to this important work.
