kate granger elderly medicine registrar & terminally ill cancer patient
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Kate Granger
Elderly Medicine Registrar
& terminally ill cancer patient
* Planning for the end of life: A personal and professional perspective
*About Me…
*Personal planning
1.Will
2.Funeral
3.Memory box for Chris
4.Letters to loved ones
5.Preferred Priorities for Care
6.Place of care
*In the meantime…
*Freda’s story…
*From a professional point
of view…*The ‘grim reaper’ talk
*Symptom control
*Advance Care Planning
*Determining place of care
*Family support
*Appropriate community support and follow-up
*Some closing thoughts…
Openness
Preparation
? Better death
? Better grief
Death is a part of life
Acceptance
*A beautiful poem…
“Silently one by one , in the infinite meadows of heaven, blossom the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of angels.”
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
*Shameless self-promotion…
*www.theothersidestory.co.uk