Bridging healthcare, deathcare and bereavement

My mission is to transform how Australians experience dying, death, and grief by creating a dedicated role that supports families, staff, and communities through the whole journey.

Partner in the Pilot

Every year, thousands of families face the death of a loved one.

Healthcare staff provide medical treatment, and funeral providers step in after death. But between these two worlds, families are often left to navigate one of life’s hardest transitions without guidance.

A Deathcare Worker bridges this gap — supporting families as death approaches, ensuring the person who has died is cared for with dignity, and offering bereavement support in the days and weeks that follow. This role provides the continuity of care, advocacy and compassionate support that families, staff, and communities need through dying, death, and grief.

Why this role is needed:

Families often feel abandoned between end-of-life care and funeral services.
Staff carry grief and moral distress without proper support.
Bereavement is rarely addressed beyond the funeral.
The new Aged Care reforms (Nov 2025) emphasise dignity, rights, and holistic support — but the need extends well beyond compliance.

What a Deathcare Worker Brings:

Continuity of Care – from dying, through death, to bereavement.
Support for Families – clear guidance, advocacy, and compassionate presence.
Support for Staff – reduces moral distress, builds confidence in death literacy.
Support for Institutions – enhances reputation, compliance, and community trust.

My Vision

I believe every Australian deserves continuity of care through dying, death, and grief. To make this a reality, I am pioneering the Deathcare Worker role — a profession that bridges healthcare, death & funeral care and bereavement.

Together with forward-thinking organisations, my vision is to:

Pilot the Role – Partner with aged care homes, hospitals, or hospices to trial the first Deathcare Worker program in Australia.

Educate & Empower – Deliver training that builds staff confidence and community death literacy.

Lead National Change – Establish the Deathcare Worker as a recognised profession, setting a new standard of dignity and support for families.

This is an opportunity to lead reform, support staff, and transform the experience of dying, death, and grief for families. Join me in pioneering the Deathcare Worker role in Australia.

I am inviting expressions of interest from organisations who want to lead this change.

Partner in the Pilot