The Reality of Navigating Death for Ageing Parents with Jean Kittson

The Reality of Navigating Death for Ageing Parents with Jean Kittson

June 3, 2026 · 1h 4m · Season 3 · Episode 100

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Catherine Ashton interviews Jean Kittson about her personal journey with death and her advocacy for end-of-life care.

We'd love to hear from you. Send us a text :-) Jean Kittson has spent a lifetime making Australians laugh, but behind the humour is a deeply personal and confronting exploration of death, dying, grief, and the aged care system. In this episode, I sit down with comedian, author, speaker, and Patron of Palliative Care Nurses Australia, Jean Kittson, to talk about how her own fear and avoidance of death transformed into advocacy and education around end-of-life care. Jean shares how growing up i...

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