Rapidly growing numbers of Australian tourists visiting overseas battle sites associated with Australian military history have been met with enthusiastic academic interest by historians, yet the vast majority of studies focus on Gallipoli, rather than the Kokoda Track. Prior to 2001, few tourists had undertaken a journey along the narrow jungle pathway, which winds 96km through the Owen Stanley Ranges in Papua New Guinea. Just over a decade later, the track supports a competitive tourism industry, dominated by Australian companies, and attracts thousands of trekkers each year. This paper applies an interdisciplinary methodology to better understand the duality of locations of battlefield tourism as sites of commemoration and, unavoidably, sites of commerce. A survey of 107 trekkers suggests that, in addition to an expression of national identity, the mythology associated with the Kokoda Track has been appropriated by Australian tourists to represent individualistic goals of personal development and transformation: meanings that originate from the site’s history but extend beyond it.
BackgroundWork commissioned by Hospice UK suggests hospices need to embrace other life limiting illnesses including dementia. More recent work by Hospice UK has resulted in guidance for hospices in taking first steps. The number of UK hospices embracing dementia care in different and creative ways is increasing.AimsImprove dementia service provision locally and extend hospice work in dementia care. The scheme will support our aim by: developing and increasing links with different stakeholders including people living with dementia and carers, voluntary, statutory and third sector organisations. Provision of dementia buddies will enable people with dementia and their carers locally to make future plans: navigate local systems and services: facilitate living and dying better with dementia.MethodsProject lead employed to manage the project, a steering group, including a person with dementia and a carer will guide the project over the first year. Ten volunteers will be recruited from Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends/Champions and those with an interest in dementia. Buddy training will be provided by Alzheimer’s Society and End of Life Partnership. The service will be based within day services at the hospice. Carers and people with dementia may come to the hospice for buddy support with: information giving: sign posting: accessing complementary therapies etc. Buddy home visits may also be undertaken if preferred. Evaluation will be ongoing. Outcome Stars, questionnaires and interviews will measure change and improved well-being.DiscussionSupport for people with dementia and carers in East Cheshire has been limited but changing. This project contributes to local dementia agendas from a hospice perspective. It also contributes to the national agenda and call for hospices to embrace dementia as a life limiting illness. In the developmental and implementation stage, it demonstrates creativity in supporting people with dementia and their carers locally to live and die better.
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