NHS Choices
Guide on End of Life care, including planning ahead and your wellbeing.
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End of life care – NHS (www.nhs.uk)Dying matters
Planning things like what type of funeral you want and who to leave your belongings to can make your final days easier, giving you more time with family and friends.
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Planning ahead | Hospice UKSt Catherine’s Hospice
Our vision is to help local people facing conditions like cancer, heart failure, respiratory disease and motor neurone disease to have a quality of life, to the end of life.
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St Catherine’s HospiceCitizens Advice
If you have a terminal illness, you’ll usually get PIP automatically. The DWP will fast-track your application – this means:
– you won’t have to fill out as many forms
– you won’t have to go to a face to face assessment
– you should get your first payment sooner
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How to claim PIP if you have a terminal illness – Citizens AdviceMacMillan
If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, we’re here to help. Find out how we support you and get information about different cancer types.
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Macmillan Cancer SupportMarie Curie
We provide expert hospice care, support over the phone, and we push for a better end of life for all by campaigning and sharing research to change the system.
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Marie CurieCarers UK
Our mission is to make life better for carers. We provide information and advice on caring, help carers connect with each other, campaign with carers for lasting change, and use innovation to improve services.
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Carers UKCarers Trust
We work to transform the lives of unpaid carers through our innovative programme work, influencing policy, undertaking research and providing specialist resources for professionals.
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Carers TrustCancer Research UK- Care planning
Your doctors and nurses might talk to you about advance care planning. This means making decisions about how you would like to be cared for if you become too ill to communicate your wishes in the future.
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Care planning | Cancer Research UKAge UK – Care plans
If you’re found to have care and support needs after your care needs assessment, you’ll get a care plan. This sets out the help you can expect to meet your care needs.
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Care Plan- Age UKAlzheimer’s Society
We give vital support to help people manage their condition today. We also give hope for the future by funding new treatments that could improve people’s quality of life, while also being the loudest voice campaigning for a better life for people living with dementia.
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Alzheimer’s SocietyBritish Medical Association
British Medical Association have produced an information leaflet for patients who are thinking about their care should they become seriously ill.
Leaflet
Thinking about care if you are
seriously ill – a patient’s guide (PDF)