#end-of-life-care

#end-of-life-care

Hospices are on the brink and two in five are making cuts this year despite the importance of end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes legal, the sector has warned before the first House of Lords debate on the legislation. Hospice UK, which represents the sector, said many were financially struggling and still in the dark about how funding for end-of-life care will be improved when assisted dying legislation is passed.

It's easier to ask your parents what they want for their birthday than it is to ask them what they'd want if they were too sick to make decisions.

Moser never saw or spoke to her son again. The last day I went to see him in the hospital, I was hoping he would take his last breath, said Moser, a former hospice nurse.

One of his daughters, a veterinarian, was outraged. An animal would never be subjected to that kind of suffering.