Plans are being made to hold an exhibition in Glasgow, to showcase the work of artisans and small companies who work sensitively with birth, life and death issues. A not-for-profit endeavour, The Circle of Life will take place in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, on 30th September 2017.
In April 2014, NHS Tayside received £25,000 from the Joint Improvement Team (JIT) to make improvements to Anticipatory Care Planning (ACP). The funding was directed to start the Tayside Power of Attorney Campaign. This decision was made following an invitation from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Glasgow City Council to join their successful Power of Attorney Campaign. Coincidentally Lanarkshire were also in receipt of JIT funding and also accepted the invitation to join the POA campaign.
Building on the success of last year, The University of Dundee’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, 3rd year Nursing Students participated in events which coincided with Death Awareness week and their theoretical palliative care lectures.
A number of events took place in Angus to mark Dying Matters Awareness week, which ran from 18 - 24 May. The Angus Death Cafe was made very welcome at the Old Bean Coffee House in Arbroath.
Here at Kilbryde Hospice in East Kilbride, despite being in our infancy, we have been engaging with patients, carers, staff and volunteers to tell us their hopes and dreams before they die. We discussed the topic over the last week (18/5/15 – 22/5/15) alongside staff from NHS Lanarkshire who were encouraging patients and carers to consider completing an anticipatory care plan. Completion of this document allows patients and carers to have their concerns and goals recorded and for health care professionals to understand their wishes for their illness and their end of life.
The “Start the Conversation” campaign has been launched across Argyll and Bute to raise awareness of the importance of having a Power of Attorney granted to a trusted relative or friend.
‘Start the Conversation’, a campaign funded by the Scottish Government, has being launched across Tayside to raise awareness of the importance of having a Power of Attorney granted to a trusted relative or friend.
FAiR, an Edinburgh based charity, have worked in association with the University of Glasgow and Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief to publish two new booklets. Preparing for your death and When someone dies, advice for those who are left behind are designed to provide accessible information to people with learning disabilities and their families.
Cigarette smoke. An unusual turn of phrase. The taste of ginger biscuits. The smell of chip fat frying.
Helen Dryden, Palliative Care Clinical Lead at Angus Community Health Partnership reflects on an event they held at Angus College, Arbroath, during Dying Matters Week 2014:
"In order to give the very best care to people we need to know what's important to them now and in the future. That applies to our work as professionals in a healthcare setting, but also to anyone who wants to support a family member or significant other."
We know that many health care professionals find it difficult to talk about death and dying and experience anxiety when trying to approach the subject with patients and their families. Inappropriate euphemisms and misleading language are often used, which is a reflection of society in general. Within the University of Dundee, we are keen to support nursing students to develop knowledge and skills which will enable them to approach the topic of death and dying with patients and their families, with sensitivity and confidence.
Jen Wood, PR and Communications Manager, St Columba’s Hospice interviews Alison Allan about her project to build a Before I Die Wall in the construction site canteen of the new St Columba’s Hospice.
Pre-registration occupational therapy students on the BSc (Hons) programme at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh will be offered the chance to participate in a ‘death awareness’ masterclass in November 2013.
Marie Curie Cancer Care is working in partnership with NHS Lothian and local partners to develop and deliver high quality palliative and end of life care and support, helping ensure people receive the care they want and need, in the place of their choice. The overall aim of the Redesign Programme is to assist in taking further the community-based model of end-of-life care currently in place across Lothian – maximising the time spent in people’s preferred place of care, minimising emergency admissions where these can be avoided, and supporting choice of place of death where this can be realistically achieved.
'Let's Talk' was a seminar organised by Faith in Older People in collaboration with the Church of Scotland and Action on Churches Together to consider how congregations were involved with issues around death and dying.
On Friday 17 May staff from the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice set up a stall in the main thoroughfare of Silverburn Shopping Centre in Glasgow, hoping to encourage passers-by to talk about death, dying and bereavement and share their wisdom.
To help support staff health and wellbeing, Castlemilk High School organised a lunch time drop in on Friday 17th May to encourage staff to take action to promote more openness about death, dying and bereavement. A range of literature on the subject area was available for staff to take away along with information on a free will making service. This proved to be very popular with staff and many highlighted this was something on their “to do list”.
The Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) has established the 100% Project, a community engagement project which aims to start conversations about death, dying and bereavement in a life-affirming way.
To mark Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief Awareness Week 2013, Before I
die walls were constructed in the Western Isles Hospital, Balivanich Clinic
and Tagsa Uibhist. There was a
tremendous response, with people freely sharing their
varied aspirations for the future such as: 'Cherish those close to me'; 'Camp
under the Northern Lights'; and 'Invite you all to my 100th Birthday
Party'!
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