Terminally Ill Floridians Fall in Love, Marry in Hospice Care
US – ABC
Two terminally ill Floridians decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together, marrying in front of family and friends last week after falling in love at their hospice care facility.
Leckhampton Court Hospice director speaks out over damning national report on end-of-life care
UK – Gloucestershire Echo
Elise Hoadley: “Reading about people being failed at the most difficult time of their lives in last week’s Health Service Ombudsman report into end of life care was harrowing.”
David Praill, outgoing chief executive of Hospice UK
UK – Third Sector
“Now that I’m stepping back, I realise what a huge responsibility being a chief executive is. It’s a role that you never quite escape, even on holiday.”
Wisconsin is learning how to die
US – Vox
La Crosse is a small town in western Wisconsin, right on the Minnesota border. It has about 51,000 residents. And La Crosse has, over the past three decades, done something remarkable: nearly all its residents have a plan for how they want to die.
We all deserve the right to die without pain or fear, but assisted suicide won’t fix that
UK – The Conversation
Timothy James, Senior Lecturer in Medical Law and Ethics at Birmingham City University, discusses campaigns for assisted suicide and the recent UK Health Service Ombudsman report, ‘Dying without Dignity’.
$52 million for projects, hospital guidelines among initiatives announced in Palliative Care Week
Australia – Australian Ageing Agenda
Regional and rural community care aged provider and training organisation, Integrated Living Australia, is among recipients of $52 million in Commonwealth Government funding for projects to improve palliative care education and training for health and aged care workers.
Real care, love and compassion – the alternative to euthanasia
Australia – Canberra Times
Christopher Prowse discusses three of the many reasons he believes legalised euthanasia would be dangerous.
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