A guide for the end of life
Audiobook
Published:
30 Nov 2019
Next review:
30 Nov 2022
Edition:
3
This audiobook is about coping with the news that you may be nearing the end of your life, including sorting out your affairs, planning your care and understanding more about what might happen.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Coping with the news
- 4 Talking about it and finding emotional support
- 5 Sorting things out
- 6 Planning ahead and making choices
- 7 Advance directives and advance decisions to refuse treatment
- 8 Advance decisions to refuse treatment and the law
- 9 What is a power of attorney
- 10 Tissue, organ and body donations
- 11 Planning for and paying for a funeral
- 12 Making a will
- 13 Financial help
- 14 Choosing where to die
- 15 Who can help if you are looked after at home
- 16 Palliative care
- 17 Emotional changes in the last few weeks of life
- 18 Coping with physical changes in the last few weeks of life
- 19 The last few days of life
- 20 Nearing death
- 21 If you are a carer
- 22 Caring for someone in the last few days
- 23 Caring for someone nearing death
- 24 Bereavement and what happens after someone has died
- 25 About our information
- 26 Other ways we can help you
- 27 Other organisations
- 28 Further resources
- 29 Can you do something to help
- 30 Information about this recording
Published:
30 Nov 2019
Next review:
30 Nov 2022
Edition:
3
This audiobook is about coping with the news that you may be nearing the end of your life, including sorting out your affairs, planning your care and understanding more about what might happen.
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