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 [...]
The shock of rapid decline
We all know that death is coming, even though most of us don’t like to think about it that much. We just don’t know when and how and so we live our [...]
Grief for the dying
A friend of mine that I hadn’t seen for a while told me why she had been so withdrawn, her father was dying. The way that she described it made me think [...]
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 [...]
Cancer
Cancer The diagnosis of cancer is almost always a shock. Except for the unusual cases such as Angelina Jolie, where she knew she had a gene that made her a 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 [...]
What is important for the elderly and dying
What is important for the elderly and dying What is important for young people and those not focused on the end of their lives is living, in fact, it should always [...]
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 [...]