What is the "Waving Not Drowning 1" Blog and who is it for?
This Blog site is part of the Greater Western Area Health Service Palliative Care and Cancer Services Supportive Care program. We serve rural NSW (Australia) communities such as Bathurst, Orange, Parkes and Forbes and their surrounding districts.
The development of this site was supported by Arts OutWest NSW Regional Arts and Health program.
This blog site is a place where palliative patients or their carers can get information or links to resources and support in their local community (and outside their local area)
This blog site creates an opportunity for people living with a chronic life threatening illness and the people who care for them to communicate to others in a similar situation by sending an entry which will be posted on the blog which others can read and respond too.
This blog is also for people who have experienced the threat of being diagnosed with a life threatening illness, survived and would like to talk about their experience.
This Blog is administered by James Daley Clinical Nurse Consultant for Palliative and Supportive Care: Greater Western Area Health Service. (Southern and Eastern sectors)
How you can contribute to this site?
There are many ways you can contribute to this site.
You could write a story! Tell us about your life what interests you. Write a poem! Send an image of yourself or your family, talk about your feelings. Write about something that is important to you! Make a little video.
Talk about how you are coping or not coping with your illness or caring reponsibilities. Send some thoughts or ideas which might help someone else in a similar situation?
Just say hello!
How to send your email to the blog
Send your entry to the email address below: Text must be in email and not sent as an attachment. When you have finished click on send and it will forward it to the blog adminisrator for review.
wavingnotdrowning1.wave@blogger.com Your text entry must not be sent in a word file attachment. Although you may send any pictures or video as an attachment.
The name you use will be the label which your email will be filed under by clicking on your label all your entries will be seen together.
Security
All entries will be reviewed by the blog administrator (James Daley Clinical Nurse Consultant) before being posted onto the site.
We apologise for any delay but this will ensure that only appropriate entries will be posted.
If you would like to find out more about the blog you can contact James on 02 63395631 or James.Daley@gwahs.health.nsw.gov.au
How to find the links to information and other resources.
Below (under the blue headings) are links to Information and other resources. By clicking on the links you will be directed to helpful internet sites or contacts in your local area for support or information. Here is a list of the headings and short description.
Local Support Groups: is a list of support groups and contact details in the local areas.
Labels (which is a list of all the people or groups who have posted entries on the blog.) By clicking on the link you can see all that person or groups entries.
Links to other blog sites of interest. Blog sites that you may find interesting.
Resources and Information. Local and national groups you can contact for information or help.
This blog is a pilot project and entries could be used for research purposes. Postings on the blog maybe used as part of presentations and research. Please fill polls below to give us data on how the blog is working. We also welcome comments as these will be very useful for future planning.
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