Kōwhai Programme Resources
Psychological Health (Te Taha Hinengaro)
Responding with Resilience
Tips and reminders for recognising your strengths and building on them.
5 Ways Resource Series
5 ways resource series provides tips on having challenging conversations that we don't have every day such as how to talk about death and how to help someone who is grieving.
Learning About Loss
This discusses the losses and our grief responses to these losses through the journey due to all the changes happening and how to cope with these.
Family Health (Te Taha Whanau)
Guide For Carers
'A guide for carers' handbook has been produced by Hospice New Zealand to support carers in the journey of caring for someone who has a life limiting illness.
Self Care
The importance of taking care of yourself first, in order to sustain caring for a loved one.
Visitor Door Signs
These printable door signs can help you manage visitors that might be overwhelming. You can add in the times that suit you.
Navigating the System - Dunedin
This link covers various community resources available to assist you through the time ahead. Our social worker Margaret Eketone is also available to assist you with accessing these supports if and when needed. Please contact her for assistance on 03 473 6005 or 0800 473 6005.
Navigating the System - Central Otago
This link covers various community resources available to assist you through the time ahead. Our Central Otago based social worker Sarah Edwards is also available to assist you with accessing these supports if and when needed. Please contact her for assistance on 0800 473 6005.
Navigating the System - North Otago
This link covers various community resources available to assist you through the time ahead. Our social worker Sarah Edwards is also available to assist you with accessing these supports if and when needed. Please contact her for assistance on 03 473 6005 or 0800 473 6005.
Navigating the System South Otago
This link covers various community resources available to assist you through the time ahead. Our social worker Margaret Eketone is also available to assist you with accessing these supports if and when needed. Please contact her for assistance on 03 473 6005 or 0800 473 6005.
Navigating the System - Work and Income (WINZ)
Caring For Your Relationship
This link has information to support carers around caring for your relationship with your partner.
Skylight
Skylight is an organisation based in Wellington that provides a range of resources to help people through difficult times. They have particularly helpful resources for supporting children.
What to Expect During the Last Days of Life
What to look for and helpful hints on managing this time.
Funeral Planning
Covers aspects of planning for a funeral for people to consider. Also includes wider resources regarding body donation and 'do it yourself' options.
Physical Health (Te Taha Tinana)
Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning (ACP) is the process of thinking about, talking about and planning for future health care and end-of-life care. It is about identifying what matters to you.
Go Wish Card Game
The Go Wish card game is designed to help you find words to talk about what is important if you were to be living a life that may be shortened by serious illness. This can be a very useful way of opening up those 'hard basket' conversations with your family/whanau. It also assists with putting together your advance care plan.
Ensure Recipe Book
Breathlessness
Covers information relating to medical and non-medical management of this symptom.
How to Support Someone with Breathlessness
A source full of help and advice made for family, friends and carers of people with breathlessness.
My Action Plan
A template to assist you with making an action plan to manage exacerbations of shortness of breath so that other people know how to support you. If you would like support to put this together, ring 0800 473 6005 and speak with a community care coordinator.
Rest, Relax, Sleep
Information to assist you to get a good night sleep, both patients and carers.
Medication - The What, When, Why and How
Confused by the number of medications? This hand-out is a useful resource to help you understand more about the why, when and how of medications.
Small & Tasty Meals
Helping Someone Move Safely
Practical tips and techniques for carers to support people to move safely at home.
Sitting Transfers Bed Transfers Car Transfers Assisting a Fallen Patient