Everybody is different and has different views and goals depending on what is important to them at the end of life. By planning ahead and recording your wishes you are more likely to receive the treatment and care that is right for you.
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.
When I spoke on BBC Radio Oxford I wanted to challenge the silent taboo and talk on the radio openly and publicly about death
The end of our lives is something we often don’t want to think about, let alone talk about. However, next week 18th-24th May 2015 Dying Matters are holding their annual awareness week about end-of-life rights and choices. My Life, My Decision will be holding events all over the country as part of the week.
Mina, Project Coordinator in Trafford, tells us how the help of volunteers is making a difference in Trafford.
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?
