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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 two to sixteen

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

Make an anticipatory care plan

How to make informed choices about your future
treatment and support.

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, gaurdianship and
intervention and advance directives

Asbestos-related compensation claims

Information on conditions caused by occupational
exposure to asbestos and claiming compensation

Organ donation
Information on organ donation, including how to
join the organ donor register

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

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