--- title: Violet News | Admin description: News and updates about The Violet Initiative --- # Violet provides guidance and information to help you and your loved one make the most of your time together ![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/Violet_2020/Vector.svg) Need help or advice? Get Free Support Dismiss Filter Topics ### Topics - Show All - [News](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/tag/news) ## [CARE Index 2025 Caregiving and Ageing Readiness Evaluation](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/care-index-report) The CARE Index 2025 exposes how unprepared Australian families are for the caregiving crisis ahead, but also reveals a two-step solution using proven models and existing infrastructure. This first-of-its-kind research shows both ... ## [Violet in the media](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/in-the-media) 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. ... ## [Too little, too late; the experience of the last stage of life across Australia](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/too-little-too-late-report) This report is a contemporary review of the global evidence base, as well as industry and consumer research conducted by The Violet Initiative. [![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/a%20group%20of%20colorful%20heads%20in%20science-1.jpg)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/private-thoughts-study) ## [Groundbreaking AI research exposes death as ever-present and chronically under-supported](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/private-thoughts-study) 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. [![Person on the phone](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/ecstra.png)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/violet-secures-major-philanthropic-grant-from-the-ecstra-foundation) ## [Violet secures major philanthropic grant from the Ecstra Foundation](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/violet-secures-major-philanthropic-grant-from-the-ecstra-foundation) 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 ... [![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/pexels-ketut-subiyanto-4474047.jpg)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/become-a-violet-guide) ## [Become A Violet Guide](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/become-a-violet-guide) 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 ... [![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/%E2%80%9CAustralians%20on%20the%20whole%2c%20don%E2%80%99t%20talk%20openly%20about%20death%20and%20dying.%20The%20topic%20makes%20people%20uncomfortable%2c%E2%80%9D%20said%20Professor%20of%20Intensive%20Care%20and%20The%20Violet%20Initiative%20Clinical%20Committee%20member%2c%20Prof%20Ken%20Hillman%2c%20AO%2c%20S.png)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/the-violet-initiative-featured-in-the-medical-journal-of-australia) ## [The Violet Initiative, featured in the Medical Journal of Australia](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/the-violet-initiative-featured-in-the-medical-journal-of-australia) 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 ... [![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/LifeCircle%20-%20December%202019%20Folder/Images/Board-Melissa-1-1.jpeg)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/melissa-reader-needs) ## [Violet's CEO Melissa Reader talks about what's needed in the last life stage](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/melissa-reader-needs) 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 ... [![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/Melissa-reader-persona-story.png)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/violets-ceo-shares-her-personal-story) ## [Violet's CEO shares her personal story](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/violets-ceo-shares-her-personal-story) 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 ... [![](https://blog.violet.org.au/hubfs/2-Oct-13-2020-05-35-01-05-AM.png)](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/ceos-address-launch-of-the-violet-initiative) ## [CEO's message: Launch of The Violet Initiative](https://blog.violet.org.au/en/news/ceos-address-launch-of-the-violet-initiative) 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 ... 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