What does it take to be a really good listener?
Listening to patients at their end of life can be mentally, physically, and spiritually exhausting. Although often highlighted in books about hospice and palliative care,…
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How can we prepare for a ‘good death’?
Carlo Leget is Professor in Care Ethics and Endowed Professor of Spiritual and Ethical Questions in Palliative Care at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht,…
How can we attune to the spiritual and religious needs of young people in hospice contexts?
Reverend Kathryn Darby is the Chaplain at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and co-author with Paul Nash and Sally Nash of Spiritual Care with Sick Children and Young…
Rethinking hospice chaplaincy: A spiritually motivated response to raw human need
Reverend Dr Steve Nolan is the chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice in Esher and the author of ‘Spiritual Care at the End of Life. Here,…
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“Getting over it” – Processing grief in a way that works for you
An extract from chapter 1 of Gone in the Morning: A Writer’s Journey of Bereavement by Geoff Mead. Recently, I was having a beer with…
Parting Gifts – Geoff Mead reflects on the value of palliative care for a loved one
Anyone who has been bereaved through chronic illness will know that anticipating the death of a loved one prefigures the grief that is to come.…
Chaplains are worthwhile because….
Karen Murphy has worked in hospice chaplaincy for twenty years and has represented chaplaincy at national and international level. She is President of the Association…
6 Top tips on how to facilitate good interaction with older adults
Robin Dynes, author of ‘Positive Communication: Activities to reduce isolation and improve the wellbeing of older adults’ provides some tips you can use to help facilitate…
Shibley Rahman talks about his book, Living Better with Dementia
Identifying current global policy challenges for living well with dementia, this book tackles controversial topics at the forefront of public and political debate, and highlights pockets…