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Advance care planning

April 23, 2020

Advance Care planning doesn’t mean that you have ‘given up’ or are imminently dying, but it may provide security to know that you have planned for that time, and now you can focus on your treatment and living each day.

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Caregivers during COVID-19

April 17, 2020

When work is your life – not only at your workplace, but as a caregiver at home – how do you cope during a pandemic, when the stakes are raised, the community tension is at an all-time high, your physical networks have been grounded...

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The community of social isolation

April 9, 2020

Though strange and unsettling for the wider community, it’s a predicament already rather familiar for many of us in the cancer community. We’ve already made our peace with forces outside our control determining what we can and can’t do.

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A hole much bigger than a boy

March 25, 2020

When you take on role that requires you to support people through difficult times you get involved with them in ways other jobs don’t allow. The privilege that comes with walking side by side in hard times and being part of that experience runs deep.

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Let us focus on hope

March 24, 2020

Hope is not something you can just switch on and off, like a light. It’s not simply a matter of choice. Some hopes are not helpful, especially when they’re unrealistic. Hope can heal, but it can also harm...

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Important Kosi Challenge Update

March 16, 2020

Due to health legislations which have been enforced over the weekend from the Government and Health Department in respect to community events in the aim to contain COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision that Kosi Challenge in Thredbo.

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Who Is RCA?

March 14, 2020

The diagnosis of a serious illness like cancer can be abrupt and alarming. It is common to feel lost and in need of guidance and information.

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