
Seniors Community Talk – Kadina
Kadina's Seniors Community Talk
In August, we travelled to Kadina for our next Seniors Community event, and we were grateful to have such a wonderful turn out.
There was some great discussions and questions from the community, especially with our first guest speaker, Senior Constable Richard Osbourn. Constable Osbourn shared his wisdom on scam awareness with the community.
Scams are at an all time high at the moment, and unfortunatley older australians are the biggest target for scammers, so having Constable Osbourn present a talk on how to protect yourself from scammers was invaluable for the community.
If you would like to know more about protecting yourself from scams, then visit www.scamwatch.gov.au
Our second talk was called Don’t take all your secrets to the grave by our staff member Maggie.
This talk raised the importance of recording your wishes as you approach towards end of life, or having your wishes in place in case anything should happen to you. Through this discussion, Maggie referred to two great resources. The first is the Advanced Care Directive. An Advance Care Directive empowers you to make clear legal arrangements for your future health care, end of life, preferred living arrangements and other personal matters.
The second resource is the Bottom Drawer Book.
Their website https://thebottomdrawerbook.com.au/ shares that this book is “The after death action plan will help you prepare for the inevitable by giving you the information you need to make your funeral decisions. Full of practical tips, there’s lots of room to write your plans, requests, and life’s reflections.
This quirky, thorough, and very Australian workbook guides you through things to consider with humour, like a religious funeral or celebration of life? Hymns or pop songs? Fire cremation, water cremation, natural or conventional burial? A champagne wake or cordial and cake?
Written by Aussie journo Lisa Herbert, The Bottom Drawer Book will make things easier for your grieving loved ones when the time does eventually come. Once you’ve filled in the book, you can get on with living!”
It was a fantastic event, and both guest speakers received plenty of questions, and lots of positive feedback.