You might have a lot of questions about your illness, how you feel and what you should do next. Some of what you read here or on other sites will be difficult to take in and will make you feel lots of different emotions, and that’s okay.
These pages will help answer some of your questions and help you find the right people or organisation that can help you.
End of life care is the specialist care given to someone when they are believed to be in the last year of their life.
It can be very difficult to know when someone is in the last year of their life and it is usually a doctor or nurse who has reason to believe a person is in their final months.
If you or your family feel this time is coming and you or a loved one may be in the last year of life please share this feeling with your GP or nurses.
You may want to know what happens now and what the plan will be for your future care, this is known as Advance Care Planning.
The Advance Care Planning process gives you a chance to process, think about and write down what is important to you. You might find it helpful to talk to other professionals, like your GP, about the care options open to you.
Professionals, as well as your family or friends who support you will want to understand as much as possible about your wishes, priorities and needs.
As part of this process you might choose to describe the type of care you would like at the end of your life.
If your care is under Northampton General Hospital, call The Emergency Assessment Bay 01604 545851. A registered Nurse will speak to you over the phone and their advice may help you to manage at home with appropriate medications, or you may be advised to go to the Emergency Assessment Bay in area G on Talbot Butler Ward to be reviewed by the team.
If your care is under Kettering General Hospital, telephone Lilford ward on 01536 492834.
For anyone affected by cancer – Northamptonshire Macmillan Cancer: 01604 235086 to speak to Laura or email L.richards@cencab.org.uk
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