Welcome to HPAL
Supporting your care at home with the best resources on palliative care, with links to your local services
Recent Articles
Article categoriesFlying 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
Moving someone in bed
How to turn someone in bed, and how to change the bed with someone in it
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
Caring for a breathless patient at home
Resources to support someone who is living with breathlessness
Insomnia in palliative care: Information for patients and carers
Practical tips to aid good quality sleep
Anxiety towards the end of life: Information for patients and carers
Anxiety is a natural response to stresses in our lives and is common in people living with a palliative diagnosis
Giving someone a bed bath
Helping someone to stay clean and fresh and be washed in bed
Mouth care: Information for patients and carers
An overview of good mouth care and how to manage common problems
Concerns about opiates: Information for patients and carers
Worries about drugs such as Morphine are common
Books to better understand dying, death and palliative care
Browsing books can be a gentle way to feel less alone and more in control