planning for the end of life: a personal and professional perspective
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Planning for the end of life: A personal and professional perspective. Kate Granger Elderly Medicine Registrar & terminally ill cancer patient. About Me…. Will Funeral Memory box for Chris Letters to loved ones Preferred Priorities for Care Place of care . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kate GrangerElderly 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…
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