Breaking the silence about death and dying
The Irish Times
A conference in Dublin this week, Living and Dying Well in the Community, organised by the Irish Hospice Foundation, aims to break the silence about dying, particularly dying at home.
‘Language in end of life care’: a user engagement event
Lancaster University
On 8 May the main findings of the project ‘Metaphor in end of life care’ were presented to potential users of the research at the Work Foundation in central London.
Is it better to die with a whimper or a bang?
Independent
With each new medical innovation, the odds that we will have to confront sudden death decrease. But is this a triumph or a tragedy? Jacob M Appel argues that the way we die now affects how we live.
Frieda Hughes: the trouble with death
BBC World Service – Outlook
Poet and painter Frieda Hughes, daughter of renowned poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, talks about the profound impact of her mother’s suicide when she was a small child, and her brother’s suicide in 2009.
Photos may change perceptions about older persons: research
Health Canal
They say a picture paints a thousand words – and new research is about to find out if a picture can also help nursing and medical students begin to ‘see’ older people in a different light.
“We need palliative care from the point of diagnosis”
ehospice UK
Sanjay Chadha, who has been living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 30 years, is passionate believer in palliative care.
Sharing what hospice care really means to patients and their families
ehospice USA
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization is preparing to launch ‘Moments of life: brought to you by hospice’, a national awareness campaign which will include a micro-site featuring powerful video stories of people who have lived fully with the support of hospice care.
Launch of the CaSIPO project in Umgungundlovu District
ehospice South Africa
On the 9 May the CaSIPO (Care and Support for Improved Patient Outcomes) project was launched in the Umgungundlovu District of the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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