In episode eight we talk about what CPR is, and when it might be considered an inappropriate treatment.

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For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

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If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

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In episode seven we talk about medication and syringe pumps in the last days of life.

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Resource mentioned in this episode

Listen to Anticipatory Prescribing: what it is, what research tells us and what we can do better with Dr Ben Bowers

Read: The Gosport Report

Watch: 'Dying is not as bad as you think' | BBC Ideas By Dr Kathryn Mannix

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

Find out more about how I can work with you

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY

Exploring words and busting myths associated with palliative and end of life care. Over the course of 10 podcasts I am delighted to talk with Dani Aye season, we will focus on a word a week and challenge commonly held beliefs. Why? Because words matter - you will hear the impact of myths around words and we'll share valuable resources..

In episode six we talk about nutrition and hydration in the last days of life, listen in and share the conversations.

Resource mentioned in this episode

NICE Guidance available at: Care of Dying Adults in the Last Days of Life QS 144

Dr Kathryn Mannix videos can be found at:

Dying is not as bad as you think

What happens as we die? Kathryn Mannix. TEDxNewcastle

Dying for beginners, Dr Kathryn Mannix

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

Find out more about how I can work with you

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY

In episode five we talk about choice and autonomy. Listen in and share the conversation..

Resource mentioned in this episode

Blog: Assisted Dying – an open letter to Esther Rantzen

Read Hope for the Best Plan for the Rest

Access the Waiting Room Revolution podcast

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

Find out more about how I can work with you

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY

In episode four we talk about what we mean by treatment, withdrawal and care.

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Resource mentioned in this episode

GMC Guide:Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making

Podcast: When doing nothing is doing everything with Dr Erica Borgstrom

Podcast: Stopping chemotherapy: Treatment, hope and time with Louisa Nicoll, wife of John

Video: Not intervening as a form of care

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

Find out more about how I can work with you

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY

In episode three we talk about Care in the last days of life, we explore terminology, recognise the challenges of identifying this phase of life and share resource and information about Ordinary Dying.

Listen in and share the conversations.

Resource mentioned in this episode

NICE Care of dying adults in the last days of life Quality standard Reference number: QS144 Published: 02 March 2017

One Chance to Get it Right

CHELsea II: Cluster randomised trial of clinically assisted hydration in patients in the last days of life.

Dr Kathryn Mannix Dying is not as bad as you think' | BBC Ideas

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website

Find out more about how I can work with you

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY

Exploring words and busting myths associated with palliative and end of life care. Over the course of 10 podcasts I am delighted to talk with Dani Aye season, we will focus on a word a week and challenge commonly held beliefs. Why? Because words matter - you will hear the impact of myths around words and we'll share valuable resource.

In episode two we talk about Palliative Care, what it is, societal and professional taboos and the positive impact of early access to palliative care. Listen in and share the conversations.

Resource mentioned in this episode

• Access the Clair Fisher legacy work hosted on Speak For Me

• Listen to the first podcast featuring Clair Fisher in which Clair explains the benefits of early intervention palliative care and Advance Care Planning: How to ensure your plans are heard with Clair Fisher

• Read Hope For The Best Plan For the Rest

• Listen to the Waiting Room Revolution podcast

• Podcast: Terminology and language around discontinuing dialysis with Dr Barny Hole & Dr Emma Murphy. Listen and see show notes and resource.

• Podcast: Living and Dying with Kidney Disease with Dr Barny Hole & Dr Emma Murphy.Listen and see show notes and resource.

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website.

Find out more about how I can work with you

If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY

Welcome to a new season of podcasts. I am delighted to welcome back Dani Ayre, explore words and bust myths associated with palliative and end of life care. Over the course of this season, we will focus on a word a week and challenge commonly held beliefs. Why? Because words matter - you will hear the impact of myths around words.

In episode one we talk about End-of-Life Care, what it is, societal and professional taboos and offer useful tools for identification. Listen in and share the conversations.

Resource mentioned in this episode

• NICE Guidance: End of life care for adults QS13
• NHS resource: End of life care at home
• NHS information: What to expect from end-of-life-care
• The General Medical Council: Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making
• Dr Jared Rubenstein video: Palliative Care PSA - We're the fire department, not the fire.

Identification Tools

• Proactive Identification Guidance (PIG)​
• The Supportive and Palliative Care Indicators Tool
• Comparing the ECOG Performance Status and the Karnofsky Performance Status Scales

For information about Advance Care Planning, see the Advance Care Planning Explained resource on my website.

Find out more about how I can work with you
If you are a team looking to provide better end of life care, or set up a one off or complete education programme in end of life care head to www.speakformelpa.co.uk where I provide details on how I can help you. You will also find information about my Lasting Power of Attorney consultancy and the talks I offer for organisations.

If you enjoy the episode or learn something new, please consider buying me a coffee to go towards making more valuable podcasts: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/6nQVJqVgLY