Palliative care
Palliative care is about improving the quality of life of anyone facing a life-threatening condition. It includes physical, emotional and spiritual care.
Symptom control
Controlling pain
Treatments, side-effects and emotional aspects of pain.
Mouth care
How to keep your mouth healthy during the course of your treatment
Coping with fatigue
Why treatment can make you feel tired and what you can do about it.
Eating problems
Illnesses or treatments can cause a range of eating problems
Coping with breathlessness
Causes and treatments for breathlessness
Support in the last days and hours of life
The principles behind end of life care
Talking to people about your condition
Talking about your condition
Speaking to others about your illness and asking questions about your treatment
Talking to children about your condition
Information on how to talk about your illness with children aged from 2 to 16.
Learning disabilities
Information and support to help people with learning disabilities better understand thier or someone else's illness
Babies, children and young people
Information for babies children and young people who need palliative care
Practical help
Equipment
Information on they type of equipment you can get and where you can get it from
Driving
Information on driving if you are using strong painkillers and when and why you might need to inform the DVLA or your insurance providers
Emotional effects
Information on coping with emotions, including uncertainty, isolation and anger
Depression after diagnosis
Information on depression after diagnosis, including dealing with depression in children and teenagers and suicidal feelings
Dealing with pain
Information on coping with emotions and increased pain
Being positive
Information on being positive and how it could help you cope while still acknowledging your feelings
Denial
Information on dealing with denial and acknowledging the changes the illness has caused
Managing emotional effects
Information on managing emotional effects including relaxation, exercise and self-help
Coping with work, family and living alone
Information on coping with work, family or living alone while also facing a serious illness
Advice for partners, carers and friends
Information on supporting someone facing a serious illness including making sure you look after yourself
Sexuality
Find out more about sexuality when you are facing a serious illness
Staying safe - avoiding falls
Information on avoiding falls, including risk factors for falls and telecare
Holidays and travel
This section aims to help if you, or someone close to you, has a serious illness and would like to travel
Spiritual care
Information on spiritual care, including finding someone to talk to and spiritual care needs
Finances
Information on finances if you're facing a serious illness, including organisations you can contact
Support organisations
Information on the various charities and orgnaisations who can offer help and support to those facing a serious illness
Planning for the future
Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP)
How you can think ahead and plan for future changes in your health
Decisions about CPR
Information for patients, relatives and carers on making decisions around CPR
'Just in Case' medicines
Information on the medicines to be kept in your home and used 'just in case'
Where and how can I be cared for?
Including staying at home, hospices, care homes and hospitals
Choosing where to die
Including where to get support and things to consider
Legal and practical issues
Including information on making a will, power of attorney, adults with incapacity, guardianship and intervention and advance directives
Asbestos-related compensation claims
Information on conditions caused by occupational exposure to asbestos and claiming compensation
Organ and tissue donation
Information on organ and tissue donation.
Marriage
Information on arranging a marriage when you have been diagnosed with a progressive illness
Preparing for death and bereavement
Body changes at the end of life
Information on the body changes you can expect when someone is likely to be close to death
Questions and concerns about end of life care
Information on end of life care, including issues around comfort, pain, emotions and medication.
What to do after a death
Information on what to do after a death, including emotional and practical advice
Grief and support
Information on accessing grief and support after someone you know has died