Podcasts.
After the disaster.
After you’ve experienced a disaster, be it a fire, a terrorist attack, a cyclone or a flood there is so much to work through. What should you expect? How do you look after yourself and the people around you? Why are relationships, the endless paperwork, emotions and parenting so hard right now? When are things going to feel normal again?
From how to manage insurance; to supporting kids, After the Disaster offers practical tips and evidence-based advice. We speak with people who have been where you are, and people who have researched the best way forward. We present the latest advice for how to manage all the stuff that comes after the lights and sirens have finished up. How to find your feet towards recovery.
After the Disaster has been produced with the support of the Australian Red Cross and the University of Melbourne. Thanks to Bushfire Recovery Victoria and the Bushfire Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre for project funding support.
Life Matters - Guest
‘When disasters start to add up’
Episode: Tuesday 21 September, 2021
New research from the Australian Red Cross has found that over a third of people surveyed have lived through more than one disaster in less than two years and that two in five feel less hopeful about the future.
With large parts of Australia experiencing fire, flood and storms on top of a global pandemic, what is the cost of successive disasters?
And how can we measure the cumulative effect of multiple disasters on a person's sense of resilience, wellbeing and safety?
Guests:
Dr Rob Gordon, disaster recovery psychologist, consultant in emergency and disaster recovery for the Red Cross and the Victorian Government
Dr Kate Brady, Red Cross National Recovery Adviser and research fellow at the University of Melbourne
Life Matters - Guest
Episode Monday 2 November 2020
‘Adjusting to life under “COVID-normal” rules’
“Now that the pandemic is much more under control, many Australians are heading out and adjusting to “COVID normal”. This means some of the things that you used to be able to do freely, like eating out, exercising at gyms and even visiting other people’s places, are allowable, but with restrictions, which could remain in place for some time.”