Life Box Australia

01/01/2026

A new year brings fresh opportunities to prioritize health and well-being. Ensure your medical wishes are documented and accessible by visiting lifebox.com.au today.

26/12/2025

🎁 This Boxing Day, take a moment for your health! 🤗 Treat yourself to a wellness check or explore new ways to boost your well-being. Remember, self-care is just as important as giving! 💪

25/12/2025

"Merry Christmas from Life Box 🎄✨ Take time this season to reflect, plan, and prepare for a brighter 2026."

16/12/2025

Latest AIHW data paints a stark reality: older Australians are typically first receiving specialist palliative care just 12 days before they die.

Palliative Care Australia CEO, Camilla Rowland says this means lost time for comfort, planning and connection – especially for people in residential aged care, who are less likely to receive specialist palliative care and often get it even closer to death.

We know outcomes are better when people get early access to palliative care – at least 90 days before death.

Read more ➡️ https://ow.ly/k5H850XFuTv

16/12/2025

✨ Life Box ✨

Sometimes life throws us curve balls. Recently, I faced my own health challenge, but I’m back on track and ready to embrace 2026 with gusto.

Moments like these remind us how vital it is to have a Life Box—plans and supports in place for when unexpected events arise. A medical setback can make everyday tasks harder, but with foresight and preparation, we can ease the burden and protect what matters most.

The New Year is the perfect time to pause, reflect, and set aside time to think about the plans you need. By preparing now, you ensure that life’s challenges don’t become harder than they have to be.

Here’s to resilience, readiness, and a bright 2026 ahead. 🌟

27/11/2025

Support coordination is about empowering choice — Life Box helps protect it.

As a support coordinator, you help people navigate complex systems, make informed decisions, and live with dignity. Life Box is a practical tool to back that up.

🗂️ It keeps:

Emergency contacts

Health and legal documents

Support plans and preferences

Crisis instructions — all in one place

Whether your client lives independently, with family, or in supported accommodation, Life Box helps ensure their voice is heard when it matters most.

www.lifebox.com.au

25/11/2025

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❗Happening tomorrow: ‘End of life: your choices’
Free webinar | Tuesday 25 November, 1–2 pm AEDT

The new Aged Care Act has rewritten the expectations around quality palliative and end of life care. If you support older people, professionally or personally, this is a conversation you don’t want to miss.

OPAN is bringing together leaders in the field to unpack what quality end of life care actually looks like and how the Act strengthens people’s rights to make informed choices about their care, comfort and support.

Expect clear, practical insight into:
• Planning and decision-making
• Palliative support
• Bereavement care
• How providers and advocates can uphold a person’s wishes
• Where families and carers can turn for reliable information and services

Panel
• Dr Linda Swan, Go Gentle
• Camilla Rowland, Palliative Care Australia
• Helen Callanan, Preparing the Way
Hosted by Craig Gear, Older Persons Advocacy Network

State and territory times
ACT, NSW, VIC, TAS: 1 pm
QLD: 12 pm
SA: 12.30 pm
NT: 11.30 am
WA: 10 am

When you register, don’t forget to hit the ‘+’ icon to select your ticket number.

20/11/2025

Resources are stretched and poor decisions are being made. Make sure your health plans are in place and you have someone to advocate for you when you can't. Appoint a Medical treatment decision maker and get your advanced care directive completed and keep it all in your Life Box

12/11/2025

When I am dying, I don’t want the last sounds I hear to be machines beeping and alarms going off telling me what I already know, which is that my body is shutting down and I am dying.

I don’t want machines keeping me alive.
I don’t want machines feeding me.
I don’t want to feel the suffocation of the blood pressure cuff as it squeezes my arm every hour on the hour.
I don’t want IV’s stuck in my arms, or tubes down my throat.
I don’t want other people making decisions for me.

I don’t want to be in a room that isn’t mine, with a view of medical charts and notes stating when I had my last bowel movement, when my medications are due, or how many times I have been turned and repositioned, which by the way is obnoxious when you are dying and I definitely do not want that.

I don’t want fluorescent lights on above my head, forcing me to keep my eyes closed so they don’t burn from the glare.

I don’t want people walking into my room as though it is theirs and not mine.

I don’t want strangers telling me what to do or how to feel or treating me like I don’t have feelings.

I don't want people to talk over or about me as if I can't hear. I can hear and I will hear you!

I don’t want my family to wait day after day in a stark hospital room knowing there is nothing else anyone can do but wait.
This is not how I want to die.
This is not how I want the people who love me to see me die.

I have written down everything that is important to me so that none of the above ever occurs.
I have listed where I want to be, who I want there, what music I want to hear, how I want to be cared for, what I want to wear, how I want my symptoms managed, and to what extent I want people to go to keep me alive.

When I am dying, I want my wishes honored, my voice heard, and my death peaceful.
I want this for you too!

Please write down your wishes and share them with the people you love.
Have the conversation.
Talk to your family and friends.
I promise you… it won’t happen sooner because you talked about it.

xo
Gabby

My book “The Conversation” is a great way to get the conversation started.
https://a.co/d/5kDTiSn

My class “Your End-of-Life Wishes”
can be found here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/your-end-of-life-wishes

You can find this blog here:
https://www.thehospiceheart.net/post/when-i-am-dying

11/11/2025

🎄 Life Box: The Gift of Preparedness
Tinsel, turkey… and a tidy emergency plan? This Christmas, give the gift that truly keeps on giving — peace of mind.

🎁 A Life Box is perfect for:

Parents who want to get organised

Grandparents who’ve “been meaning to sort that out”

Friends who love a good list

Anyone who’d rather not leave their loved ones guessing

Because while you’re wrapping presents, why not wrap up your plans too?

✨ Practical. Personal. Thoughtful. And yes — it fits under the tree.

For more information or to purchase your Life Box head to www.lifebox.com.au

11/11/2025

🎖️ Remembrance Day: Honour Through Action
On November 11th, we pause to remember those who served, those we lost, and the legacy they left behind.

Remembrance is more than reflection — it’s preparation. Planning ahead honours those who taught us the value of courage, care, and responsibility.

A Life Box helps you:

Record your wishes

Prepare for emergencies

Ease the burden on loved ones

Leave a legacy of thoughtfulness

This Remembrance Day, take a quiet moment to plan — for yourself, and for those you love.

🎁 Because honouring the past includes protecting the future.

www.lifebox.com.au