The Hopewell Centre A Community of Hope and Wellbeing

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The Hopewell CentreA Community of Hope and
Wellbeing

• The Visionaries and Founders

Mrs Deirdre Hanna and Rev Dr Ian Mavor OAM
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Hopewell Hospice Services Inc. structure

• President Deirdre Hanna
• Vice-President Dr Peter Lewis
• Executive Director Rev Dr Ian Mavor OAM
• Treasurer Jan Bradnam and
• Members of the Incorporated Association to a
  total of thirty.
• Hopewell Board of Management
• Ms Deirdre Hanna (Chair)
• Ms Betty Beverley
• Ms Jan Bradnam
• Dr Peter Lewis
• Rev Dr Ian Mavor OAM (Secretary)?
• Ms Lata Milner
• Ms Ann Robilotta
• Mr Peter Watkins

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Hopewell HospiceResidential Palliative Care
In 2005 on its 10th anniversary, Hopewell
celebrated the opening of the new premises at
Arundel

• Home-style hospitality for people with
  life-limiting illnesses who require permanent
  accommodation or respite care
• Nursing care, ancillary services, complementary
  therapies and volunteer support
• Counselling, pastoral care and spiritual guidance
  for residents and their families

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Our New Paradise Kids Counselling and Education
Centre

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Courses and Workshops
Specialising in Counselling, Health and
Spirituality

• Volunteer Training Courses
• Grief Counselling Courses Children Grief
• Palliative Care Courses and other programs
• Suicide Intervention Courses
• Explorations in Spirituality and Worship
• Grief and Transformations of Consciousness

• Wellbeing Programs Heartstormers
• Stress Reduction and Healthy Lifestyle Courses
• WOW Tours (Wellness on Wheels)?
• Complementary Therapies
• Meditation Classes

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Simply Divine Cafe

• Feed your body, feed your mind at our café and
  bookshop

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• Deirdre Hanna Founding President

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The first Paradise Kids Programs were held in a
private house in Tallebudgera in 1997
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• Grief, Loss and Illness Support Programs for
  children, youth and their families
• Childrens Bereavement Support Groups at Paradise
  Kids House for children and their parents or
  carers including Boys Groups and Teen Groups
• Education and counselling services for young
  people experiencing grief, bereavement or
  illness, or at risk of self-harm

Mireille Allan Program Coordinator for Support
Groups Deirdre Hanna and Dr Pamela Chalip,
Childrens Counsellor
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PARADISE KIDS IN 2008

• 32 grief and loss programs helping 273 children
  and teens
• 28 support groups helping 191 families
• 800 one-on-one counselling appointments
• 57 volunteers (not incl. interns) worked with
  children on average each term and provided 6,221
  volunteer hrs throughout the year
• 305 families approached us for help and attended
  the initial interviews (11/2 hrs each) where we
  provide support and information.

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Counselling Services

• Manager Patrick Lynch
• Supervision,
• Bereavement Care
• Co-ordination of Student Placements and other
  Volunteer Counsellors

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Grief and Loss Programs

• Help the children to
• acknowledge and
• express the normal
• mixed emotions
• of grief including
• anger, hurt and
• sadness, guilt
• and fear.

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Storytelling with Paradise Kids
The programs are a mixture of art, stories,
discussion, music, movement and meditation to
help children express thoughts and feelings from
the heart.
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Patrick, Boys Group Buddies and Parents Group
Facilitator, Kerrie

• The Boys Group involves men and boys in trust
  activities

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Teenagers Program

• Teenagers programs are held over a full day

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The Illness Support Program

• Was written by Lizzi Swatland in 2004 in
  conjunction with the existing Grief and Loss
  Program.
• The program was tested on a little girl who had
  leukemia at that time in the Royal Childrens
  Hospital. She loved it and the program revealed a
  lot about what she was dealing with in her
  illness.
• Lizzi realised she had a program that worked and
  so she went out into the community with it and
  the Illness Support Program was born.
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The Illness Support Program

• Children who are experiencing a serious illness
• Parents who need support in coping with the
  stress of their seriously ill child
• Siblings of sick children who need support in
  coping with pressures on the family due to long
  term chronic illness
• The program is available in Paradise Kids House
  as well as in their homes and hospitals.

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Our First Client Alec McEwan

• Mum Theresa with Alec, Casper and Lizzi

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Illness Support Sessions
Session 1 Gain Understanding of the
Illness Experience as a Loss Accept change as a
part of life Identify family changes Discover
personal life changes Recognise grief from loss
and change
Session 4 Drawing Out Difficult
Feelings Recognise affect of feelings on
behavior See family pattern of expressing
feelings Identify personal difficult
feelings Learn healthy ways to express feelings
Session 5 Living well with Illness Assess family
coping skills Identify support resources Learn
healthy coping skills
Session 2 Understanding Serious Illness Define
serious and other illness Learn basic cause of
illness Identify body parts affected by
illness Assess understanding and misconceptions
Session 6 The Cycle of Life Talking about death
can help Any unfinished business
Session 3 Feel the Feelings Recognise and name
feelings Learn that feelings are all ok Discover
defense masks Identify feelings about family
changes
Session 7 Creating a New Future Claim a new sense
of self
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A safe supportive setting allows freedom to
express a full range of feelings
- some comfortable, some uncomfortable to allow
the sick child and their family to have more
understanding about loss of health and wellbeing.
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Reiki

• Lucy and Jonny
• (age 2)?

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The Wiseman Family

• Geoff and Charlotte

• Kylie and Shanes wedding

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Outings with Paradise Kids
Bailey, his mum Tiffany, Theresa and Leo
Sayer at the Magical Scarecrow at Dreamworld.
Also Amanda with daughters Piper and Lily.
Alix (third from left) with her sister
enjoying a night out with her family at
Dreamtime, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
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The first Family Holiday Programthanks to
Vodafones 25,000 grant

• All accommodation,
• Travel and transfers,
• Attractions and visits to theme parks
• will be at no cost to the family.

• Viv and Michael, Sharyn and Abbey with PK team

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The Family Holiday House

• The larger dream has been to provide
  accommodation for affected families from rural
  and remote areas and other parts of Australia to
  have a Gold Coast holiday.

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Paradise Kids Holiday House provides unique
accommodation for families who have seriously
sick children. We have created a Beach House
theme throughout.
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to give the family a real holiday feel when they
take a much needed break for a week on the Gold
Coast
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The First Family in Our Holiday House

• The Owens family Tina with Jessika and Isabella
  and the Illness Support Team

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BRISBANE Opened August 2008 Grief and Loss
Programs for 6 - 11 years Play Therapy
group for little people (ages 3-5 years) by Term
3 Chameleon Club 8 week support group for
children aged 7 - 11 years specifically
around divorce/separation/loss in Term 4
Individual Counselling
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Paradise Kids 4Africa
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• Children can learn to live well, despite their
  illness
• experience.
• Paradise Kids supports them on their journey.
• Deirdre Hanna, Founding President

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• Harry age 5 and now age 8

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• Mekai age 4

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• Bree Nossiter age 9

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• Ethan age 6 months died 7 March 2007

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• Bailey age 9 and with his mum, Tiffany

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• Alyssa age 5 with her buddy Deniece

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• Jayda age 5

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• Abbey age 10 with buddy Deniece

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• Gemma age 7
• died 12 May 2007

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• Brent age 5 and on his 8th birthday

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• Michael age 9 after eating chocolate yoghurt!

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• Jonathon age 3 died 22 September 2007

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• Jasmyn age 10

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• Ian age 5 and his mum, Sheila

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• Isabella age 3 and sister Jessika age 7 and with
  mum Tina

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PS from US to YOU !!!

• Hopewell Hospice Services Inc is a registered
  charity and have achieved Accreditation.
• Everyone at The Hopewell Centre invites you to
  recommend the Hopewell Hospice and Paradise Kids
  to anyone who will benefit from our services.
• You are invited to visit us please contact
  Lizzi or Theresa to arrange a suitable time.
• And finally, as a registered charity, we always
  appreciate and acknowledge all donations and
  gifts.

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Thank you