Advance care planning (ACP) enables people to articulate and record their preferences for future care. This supports person-centred care and may reduce inappropriate hospital admissions and invasive, often futile, interventions.…
This week marks Dying Matters Awareness Week at a time when the experience of death and loss has been at the forefront for many of us for so long. So…
The media have reported cases where families have been shocked at the use of DNACPR on their loved ones without their knowledge.
The current coronavirus epidemic is putting hospitals under severe pressure and is leading to a substantial number of deaths. This is an occasion to consider making (if you have not…
We recently received these endorsements of our website from two GPs who were seeking information on how to advise their patients about advance planning for end of life care: I…
The British Medical Journal of 29 March 2019 reported the outcome of a case in which the High Court judge told GPs that if they have in their files an…
My feisty mother died in her 90th year. She entertained 15 family members to dinner on Friday night and on Saturday suffered a stroke. My brother and I were clear…
There is a substantial article by Larissa MacFarquhar in the New Yorker magazine of 8 October 2018 about a US residential community for people with dementia that is designed to…
Andrew, a retired industrialist was referred to me via his GP. He expressed an interest in planning for his advancing years. While chatting he explained that his 92 year old…
A member of the My Living Will team was invited by Age UK Camden to participate in a day devoted to ‘Will writing’. Two solicitors had volunteered to give up…