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Choosing a care home where staff have skills to give great end-of-life care
Half a million people live in care homes and about a quarter of the UK population end their lives there. How can we ensure this vulnerable group of people live well and die well in care homes?
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Why is there a taboo on talking about death and dying?
From sex being the great taboo in society fifty years ago, the great taboo now is talking about death and dying. Why?
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Reflection on latest campaign to legalise Assisted Suicide
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Reader responds: “Talking about dying is so very important”
In a Facebook response to an article on this web site, on 10th May 2021, Theresa, a reader, wrote
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Please do let your loved ones know what you want to happen at the end of your life
Talking about dying is very important. So often people don’t discuss things until it is too late and it makes things so much more complicated.
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Dying matters awareness week 10-16 May 2021
https://www.dyingmatters.org/
AwarenessWeek It really is worth talking about your own wishes and making some important decisions.
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Coronavirus:making decisions about treatment
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An opportunity to reset the way we think about death - and life
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Letter in response to “It’s far too late to think about death when you’re dying”
The authors of Talking about Dying write to the Times and Church of England Newspaper
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“It’s far too late to think about death when you’re dying — let’s do it now”
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What next?
With all the sadness of the 100,000 (and counting) deaths in the UK from COVID in the last year, one issue has been resolutely avoided in the public domain. For thousands of years, the many religions in the world have seen this life as just leading on to a different and usually greater world beyond death.
Is this just outdated unscientific wishful thinking?
The experience of some people suggests it is something to consider.
