Developing Effective Cancer Survivorship Services Tuesday 14 June 2016 Hallam Conference Centre, London This conference focuses on cancer survivorship, improving outcomes for people living with and beyond cancer, moving from surviving to thriving. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference aims to support you to develop effective cancer survivorship support and services. There will
Responding to today’s publication of the End of Life Audit, it is extremely concerning that whilst some progress has been made the experience of many dying people remains so poor. Most worrying is that in many cases ‘choice at the end of life’ is an illusion.
The team at Compassion in Dying recently gave a talk about planning ahead at a workshop facilitated by Maneesha James of Osho Sammasati. Her work focusses on how meditation can help us approach the end of life in a new way. Maneesha tells us more about her perspective.
Andrew George’s photographs and interviews show how important it is to think about the person at the end of life, rather than just the patient.
Janet Ross tells us about the recent launch of a new Community Charter in Lancaster for a compassionate community. She said ‘After today, Lancaster and the North Lancashire area feels like a good place to live and to die.’
How do you give shape to the story of your life? A huge question to answer within this year’s Reith Lecture, writes Penny Beerling.
Having mental capacity means that in the eyes of medics, and the law, you have the understanding and ability to make decisions for yourself. What would it feel like to lose that?
Getting out and about to other projects has been a really useful this month. Meetings with East London Dementia Care and Hackney and City’s Alzheimer’s Society enabled us to identify some of the barriers to ensuring individuals with dementia are aware of their end of life rights and ensuring staff feel able to support them.
Our End of Life Advocacy Project is now officially launched! Our volunteers have been an amazing help with our mail out to GP practices, charities and care homes in East London.
Last week we had an interesting and productive meeting with Kath Parson, Chief Executive of the Older People’s Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL).
