Melissa Reader's guest appearances

Melissa Reader

The Medical Journal of Australia

Humans of Purpose

ACE - Aged Care Enrichment

Joseph Ibrahim

Leeroy William

Robert George

Emily Gordon

Bruce Campbell

Stephen Russell

Tim Jones

David Williams

Daniel O'Brien

Sandro Demaio

Mark Harris

Luke Wright

David Morgan

Keith Harris

Ben White

OwlTail

Melissa ReaderMelissa is the Managing Director and CEO of the Violet. Violet is a national not-for-profit organisation, providing information and support to help everyone in Australia navigate the last stages of life and the grief and loss that accompanies it.Time Stamps0:00:04 - Exploring End of Life Support 0:02:07 - Melissa's Journey into the Social Impact Space0:03:36 - The Impact of Unexpected Illness: A Personal Story of Loss and Unpreparedness0:05:43 - Navigating Terminal Illness and Aging Population Challenges0:08:39 - End-of-Life Planning and Care0:11:30 - Normalising Conversations Around End of Life and Birth0:12:58 - Normalising the Experience of Dying: Exploring the Role of Technology0:14:37 - Exploring the Challenges of End-of-Life Care in Australia0:19:12 - Reflection on End-of-Life Care: Exploring Technology Emergence to Support Families and Communities0:20:52 - Exploring End-of-Life Care: A Discussion with Lisa Jones on Regret, Technology, and the Hospice Model0:23:51 - Exploring the Role of Technology in Aged Care and End-of-Life Care0:25:22 - Exploring the Challenges of Death and Dying0:30:37 - Conversation on Emotional Resilience and Grit0:32:46 - Supporting Mental Health and Opening Difficult ConversationsHoP MembershipLove Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. Sign Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week:No ads interrupting your listening experienceFull transcripts of all episodes via Otter.AIPriority early release access to all episodesPersonal audio notes for all episodesBrokered introductions to all podcast guestsHoP PromotionsEach year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melissa ReaderMelissa is the Managing Director and CEO of the <a href="https://www.violet.org.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Violet</a>. Violet is a national not-for-profit organisation, providing information and support to help everyone in Australia navigate the last stages of life and the grief and loss that accompanies it.Time Stamps0:00:04 - Exploring End of Life Support 0:02:07 - Melissa's Journey into the Social Impact Space0:03:36 - The Impact of Unexpected Illness: A Personal Story of Loss and Unpreparedness0:05:43 - Navigating Terminal Illness and Aging Population Challenges0:08:39 - End-of-Life Planning and Care0:11:30 - Normalising Conversations Around End of Life and Birth0:12:58 - Normalising the Experience of Dying: Exploring the Role of Technology0:14:37 - Exploring the Challenges of End-of-Life Care in Australia0:19:12 - Reflection on End-of-Life Care: Exploring Technology Emergence to Support Families and Communities0:20:52 - Exploring End-of-Life Care: A Discussion with Lisa Jones on Regret, Technology, and the Hospice Model0:23:51 - Exploring the Role of Technology in Aged Care and End-of-Life Care0:25:22 - Exploring the Challenges of Death and Dying0:30:37 - Conversation on Emotional Resilience and Grit0:32:46 - Supporting Mental Health and Opening Difficult ConversationsHoP MembershipLove Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. <a href="https://humansofpurpose.supercast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sign Up</a> as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: <ul><li>No ads interrupting your listening experience</li><li>Full transcripts of all episodes via <a href="http://Otter.AI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Otter.AI</a></li><li>Priority early release access to all episodes</li><li>Personal audio notes for all episodes</li><li>Brokered introductions to all podcast guests</li></ul> HoP PromotionsEach year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. <a href="https://humansofpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/H9-Promotional-Deck_v7.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click Here</a> to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

272 Melissa Reader: Final Countdown

Darren Evans

Today we have a two part episode with two great guests. With the help of Darren Evans from AfterCloud and Melissa Reader from The Violet Initiative, we’ll be focusing on end of life care and how we can transform the final stage of life into a more positive and meaningful experience for everyone.First up is Darren Evans, who’s talking about his company AfterCloud, which has created a close group digital sharing platform for people at the end of their lives and beyond. Darren has a lot to say about how technology can be used to enrich the final stage of life and provide a personalised and private digital legacy.Next, we have Melissa Reader from The Violet Initiative to talk about how we can eliminate regretful outcomes at the end of life. Melissa shares with us how regretful death adversely affects not just the community at large, but also how it particularly impacts on aged care workers and businesses.One additional note, if you’re enjoying this podcast, then what's the best way you can support us? Easy, please share an episode with a friend or colleague, and help us keep building our highly engaged audience. If you’re thinking of someone right now who might like what we do, then we’d love it if you could send them your favourite episode to have a listen!The Aged Care Enrichment Podcast is proudly brought to you by SilVR Adventures. Subscribe and check out our back catalogue of available episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts from or online here: https://silvradventures.com.au/podcast/You can learn more about AfterCloud here: https://myaftercloud.com/To find our more about how the Violet Initiative also offers a phone line for carers in the community who’d like some extra support in responding to an end of life experience, please visit: https://www.violet.org.au/

Today we have a two part episode with two great guests. With the help of Darren Evans from AfterCloud and Melissa Reader from The Violet Initiative, we’ll be focusing on end of life care and how we can transform the final stage of life into a more positive and meaningful experience for everyone.First up is Darren Evans, who’s talking about his company AfterCloud, which has created a close group digital sharing platform for people at the end of their lives and beyond. Darren has a lot to say about how technology can be used to enrich the final stage of life and provide a personalised and private digital legacy.Next, we have Melissa Reader from The Violet Initiative to talk about how we can eliminate regretful outcomes at the end of life. Melissa shares with us how regretful death adversely affects not just the community at large, but also how it particularly impacts on aged care workers and businesses.One additional note, if you’re enjoying this podcast, then what's the best way you can support us? Easy, please share an episode with a friend or colleague, and help us keep building our highly engaged audience. If you’re thinking of someone right now who might like what we do, then we’d love it if you could send them your favourite episode to have a listen!The Aged Care Enrichment Podcast is proudly brought to you by <a href="https://silvradventures.com.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">SilVR Adventures</a>. Subscribe and check out our back catalogue of available episodes on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ace-aged-care-enrichment/id1528261777" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4wk2d6NjlbHg8Eid35TNB2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-ace-aged-care-enrichment-77188643/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">iHeartRadio</a>, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts from or online here: <a href="https://silvradventures.com.au/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://silvradventures.com.au/podcast/</a>You can learn more about AfterCloud here: <a href="https://myaftercloud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://myaftercloud.com/</a>To find our more about how the Violet Initiative also offers a phone line for carers in the community who’d like some extra support in responding to an end of life experience, please visit: <a href="https://www.violet.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.violet.org.au/</a>

End of Life Enrichment - Darren Evans (AfterCloud) and Melissa Reader (Violet Initiative)

Ken Hillman

Vol 214, Issue 8: 26 April 2021. Melissa Reader is the CEO of the Violet Initiative. Professor Ken Hillman is Professor of Intensive Care at the University of NSW, and is on the Clinical Committee of the Violet Initiative. They talk about the last stage of life and eliminating "regretful outcomes". With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.

Episode 415: MJA Podcasts 2021 Episode 14: Dying and regretful outcomes, with Melissa Reader and Prof Ken Hillman