End of Life
Providing Care and Comfort at the End of Life
People who are dying need care in four areas: physical comfort, mental and emotional needs, spiritual needs, and practical tasks.
What end of life care involves - NHS
End of life care should help you to live as well as possible until you die, and to die with dignity. The people providing your care should ask you about ...
End of Life Issues - MedlinePlus
Although it can be hard, planning for and making decisions about the end of life is important. Doing it ahead of time can reduce stress for ...
End of life | National Institute on Aging
These articles provide information about palliative care, hospice care, decision-making at the end of life, and where to find help for your grief.
What to Expect When Your Loved One Is Dying - WebMD
Timeline of End-of-Life Signs · Different sleep-wake patterns · Little appetite and thirst · Fewer and smaller bowel movements and less pee · More ...
Palliative & End-of-Life Care - AACN
Palliative Care in Acute & Critical Care Settings. The goal of palliative care is to address the impact of serious illness by managing symptoms, improving ...
When death is near: Signs and symptoms
Near the end of life, vital signs such as blood pressure and heart rate may fluctuate or gradually decrease. What you can do: Report these ...
Understanding Your Options at the End of Life | UCSF Health
Education about end of life; Caregiver education and training; Emotional counseling and grief support; Spiritual comfort, in keeping with your values, beliefs ...
Definition of end-of-life care - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
NCI's Dictionary of Cancer Terms provides easy-to-understand definitions for words and phrases related to cancer and medicine.
End of life and palliative care explained - Better Health Channel
What is end of life and palliative care? End of life and palliative care aims to help you if you have a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. The focus of ...
Late Stage and End-of-Life Care - HelpGuide.org
Late Stage and End-of-Life Care · Practical care and assistance. Perhaps your loved one can no longer talk, sit, walk, eat, or make sense of the ...
End-of-life care ... End-of-life care (EOLC) is health care provided in the time leading up to a person's death. End ...
Check end-of-life, support schedule, and release timelines for more than 200 products at one place.
This guide contains information about what you can expect during end of life care and the things you may want to think about. These include how and where ...
Last Days of Life (PDQ®)–Patient Version - National Cancer Institute
Common symptoms at the end of life include the following: delirium; feeling very tired; shortness of breath; pain; coughing; constipation ...
End of Life Care Planning | State of California - Department of Justice
To help tackle planning for end-of-life care, please see the following checklists and resources. This material is informational only and not intended as legal ...
End of Life Care | Cancer Treatment & Support
In this section, you can find information about hospice care, what may happen when the end of life is near, and managing feelings of grief and loss.
End-of-Life Choices - End of Life Washington
End of Life Washington provides advice and support to people considering all end-of-life decisions, including Death with Dignity.
CaringInfo: Resources for Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care
Our guides and resources are here to help you through the journey you are on and to aid you in understanding the choices you have.
End of life - Macmillan Cancer Support
This page explores how finding out you are near the end of life may impact your relationships, thoughts and feelings, and where you can find support.
End-of-life product
An end-of-life product is a product at the end of the product lifecycle, which prevents users from receiving updates, indicating that the product is at the end of its useful life.