Exercise

Supporting a Good End of Life - Getting Started

This exercise is designed to help you to start discussion with colleagues on ‘supporting a good end of life’.

Part 1

Consider an experience you’ve had that involves the death of a patient which for you constitutes a good death. What happened? How did you feel? What made it positive? What was the impact of the care given on the person, on their relatives, on the staff? Bring your reflections to our next session.

Part 2

Now consider an experience you’ve had that involves the death of a patient which for you constitutes a bad death. Again, what happened? How did you feel? What made it negative? What was the impact of the care given on the person, on their relatives, on the staff?

Please bring your reflections to a discussion with colleagues.