Advanced Decisions
What are they? Are they binding? Who can make one? Do I need advice? There are many questions about advanced decisions that make them difficult to understand what they do and what [...]
I think that my loved one is afraid to die
I have heard this a lot recently. Families see their loved ones in a very frail and unwell state and believe that dying would end their misery, but they aren’t dying. And [...]
Death, Dying, Compassion, information and the 3 questions
Eventually death will come for each of us, its inevitability is well understood! Death and dying are often very difficult subjects for people to talk about, there is a deep sense of [...]
Death and dying in a time of Covid
Death is a horrible subject to discuss, as is covid, so together they make a double whammy of difficult conversations. But difficult conversations are often also necessary ones and can be very [...]
Arranging a funeral
Arranging a funeral Funerals are for the people saying goodbye, they are an opportunity to speak to other people who knew that person and share their memories. However, in arranging the [...]
CPR / DNR / TEP / Life Sustaining Treatment
CPR / DNR / TEP / Life Sustaining Treatment The issue of death and dying is by the very nature of it, highly emotive. These all interchangeable terms for non-medical [...]
Death and dying and why it’s important – Part 2
Death and dying and why it’s important – Part 2 We have to face facts that eventually we will all die, there is truth in the saying about death and taxes, [...]
Death and dying and why it is important
Death and dying and why it’s important We all die! And whilst a lot of the focus of our lives should be living well before that happens, it is nevertheless [...]
Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment
Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment There have been a couple of cases coming to Court recently regarding the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment. Court cases are always stressful and can [...]
Dealing with the immediate issues after a loved one has died
Dealing with the immediate issues after a loved one has died The first thing to say about this is that everyone grieves in a different way. If the person who has [...]