Big Love Ceremonies & Counselling

12/08/2026

06/08/2026

Elm House in all her glory at Mount Glorious.
Can recommend for funerals, memorials (& weddings) ❤️🫶🏻

05/08/2026

Poet, Maire Saaritsa’s sublime offering to her husband, Glen Hansard at his funeral today.

30/07/2026

Go to www.donatelife.gov.au to register.
💜You can save lives. 💕
DonateLife

28/07/2026

Not an aesthetic pic that somehow fits beautifully into a curated feed (not that I have one of those)
but a little reminder to any of my fellow Deathies, who may need it, to do something nurturing for yourself today if you can.
I’ve getting back to boxing after a year off, and I can’t tell you how good it feels to hit the s**t out of that bag 😁
Tomorrow I could be crying in the bath listening to Gordon Lightfoot songs, but today it was being pushed to my physical limits that felt good and nurturing. ✨

27/07/2026

22/07/2026

The Northern Territory once led the world on voluntary assisted dying – and the CLP government has now confirmed the votes to bring those rights back after three decades 👉 https://bit.ly/4wX3I0g

22/07/2026

Final days to book for our next event, Dying (well) with dementia a home, one family's personal story with Lisa Twigg.

After learning that her beloved father’s death was rapidly approaching, Lisa Twigg knew what she had to do: give him the best death possible. The family took the unconventional step of taking Bob out of care and, in late 2023, he died from dementia at home. It was one of the most moving things that has happened to Lisa, and she looks forward to those sharing parts of the story which may be of interest to AHFA’s membership, things such as:
- what motivated Lisa’s family to transfer their father out of care and back home to die;
- why they believed they could provide better end-of-life care for him;
- how the family navigated his move out of residential care and what (may have) got in the way of them doing so;
- how community can assist in facilitating a home death;
- the role acts of caregiving/service at end of life can play in managing grief, making meaning and celebrating life;
- permission to die, reassurance and letting go.

Lisa Twigg is a Social Worker, author and guest speaker. Across her career, she has practised in both inpatient and community mental health settings, sexual assault crisis services, child protection, foster care, adult emergency medicine and, currently, paediatric health. Along the way, she has taken career breaks to have children, home educate and undertake support work for NDIS funded clients.
Lisa has written two books, not as a Social Worker but rather as a daughter: the first focusses on the lessons her family learned as they navigated their dad’s dementia, whilst the second recounts her father’s move out of a residential aged care facility and, subsequently, his peaceful death at home.

Since the launch of her first book, Lisa has become passionate about sharing her family’s story and encouraging the wider community to embrace conversations about dementia, end of life planning and dying – she has presented to meetings and community groups, spoken at conferences, on radio and on podcasts, been featured in several magazine articles, and been part of library and bookshop events.

​​This information session planned take place on Friday 24-July 2026 from 7pm to 9pm AEST and registrations are now open.
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