In this one minute video Dr Ros Taylor, a senior palliative physician, explains how palliative care can help people with advancing illness from the time of diagnosis - not just in the last days of life.
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Support with advance care planning
Age UK - Islington Future Matters Service
T. 0207 281 6018
W. https://www.ageuk.org.uk/islington/our-services/planning-for-the-future-service/
The Planning for the Future service is a free, community-based service for Islington residents planning their future. It offers one-to-one support for:
- setting up a Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA), a simple way of ensuring control over your health and financial decisions in future
- making an advance care plan using the using the Universal Care Plan service from the NHS which records your wishes and treatment needs, and communicates them to urgent care services in the event of an emergency., so that your personal, health care and treatment wishes are known.
International Children's Palliative Care Network
The network is committed to providing information on available resources related to the field of children’s palliative care.
Macmillan Cancer Support
T. 0808 808 0000
W. https://www.macmillan.org.uk
E. https://www.macmillan.org.uk/forms/contact-us/ask-macmillan-form.html
Macmillan provide cancer information, support and help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can.
Visit the website to get help with paying bills, advice on benefits or treatment, or to just chat.
Marie Curie provide support for patients and carers through terminal illness.
Find information and support through the telephone helpline and online chat via their website.
Other services include Marie Curie nurses, Hospice care, helper and companion services.
Together for Short Lives have a helpline and family support hub to provide help and advice for those caring for a child with a serious illness.
Young Minds
Young Minds is a national charity which supports both young people, their parents and loved ones through loss.
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