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Expert palliative care information with links to local services across Mid and South Essex to support care at home
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Self-help techniques and when to seek medical help
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What to expect when someone close to you is in their final days
Information for carers about the process of dying
Mouth care: Information for patients and carers
An overview of good mouth care and how to manage common problems
Pharmacies
Pharmacies which stock end of life medications in your area
Organ Donation
How to donate organs, exclusions for donations and further information for patients
Flying Safely
Helping patients with air travel including towards the end of life
How to talk to children about death and dying
Children are never too young to talk about death and dying
Constipation caused by medicines: Information for patients and carers
What is the best treatment for constipation caused by medicines? Advice from a senior palliative physician
Moving someone in bed
How to turn someone in bed, and how to change the bed with someone in it
Insomnia in palliative care: Information for patients and carers
Practical tips to aid good quality sleep
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): Information for patients and carers
It is essential for people in the palliative phase of illness to discuss CPR so that their wishes can be understood
