Websites
I have retired from my clinical practice, so I am not able to offer individual advice. However, there are many dedicated professionals working in a variety of organisations who are available to help if you have questions or concerns.
This is a list of some of the websites that may help you to deal with your own questions and concerns. It isn’t comprehensive, is mainly UK-based, and there may be excellent services available to you that I am unaware of. I haven’t attempted to make this an exhaustive list, but it’s a place to start.
All of these links are run by organisations that will ensure that they are reasonably up-to-date. If you find other helpful websites, do compare their advice with the advice available through these links. If it looks similar, you have probably found something you can trust. If the information on unlisted sites is very different from those in this list, treat it with caution.
I hope you will find the advice you are looking for, and with it the peace of mind that makes our difficulties endurable.
Death Cafe is one of the world’s largest community engagement projects around death. At a Death Cafe people talk about death over tea and cake. Since our first Death Cafe in 2011 there have been thousands of Death Cafes in over 30 countries.
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Cruse offers listening support to the bereaved, and resources that include a website for young people and training for professionals who encounter the bereaved including educators, health and care workers, and youth workers.
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For children and young people with life-shortening conditions to have as fulfilling lives as possible, and the best care at the end of life.
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Dying Matters is a UK collaboration hosted by Hospice UK between multiple agencies and organisations that offer expertise in end of life care and bereavement; their website offers easy to use materials about understanding and planning for the end of life.
Every year, the UK’s Dying Matters Week falls in the first full week of May. There are projects and activities to engage with, and organisers are invited to list their events on the Dying Matters website. So take a look, be inspired, get involved!
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