End Of Life Care
390 views · Published 1 June 2016 · 6:56 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2016 · Education
CeCe shares her considerable experience of end of life care. She’s worked as nurse for over eighteen years, and her speciality is hospice, and helping patients and their families manage the great challenge presented when facing death. This is recorded particularly with family members in mind. It can be overwhelming when you are dealing with a loved one’s care; especially at the very end. CeCe has helped many families navigate their way through this intense time, and in this clip she movingly describes what can act as the pre-conditions of a ‘good death’. She tells us about the sensations of sight, hearing, touch and smell, and how those senses are often affected in dying. The effective use of simple techniques can promote greater comfort and peace. For instance gentle touch, playing music or baking a batch of cookies can all help enhance the sense of safety and being in a loving environment. For those witnessing the death process, knowing how to stay effectively present for their loved one can make a critical difference in how they feel during, and after the person has passed. Many of us fear this natural, but inherently intimidating process - CeCe talks about how to make it a truly caring process for both those witnessing death, and those experiencing it. CeCe has found that resolving past differences, and coming to a place of forgiveness and acceptance, can truly illuminate the hospice setting, and she describes how she has witnessed this. She also describes succinctly, but vividly, the order in which our senses fade when we die, and how understanding this can make a huge difference in how we take care of our dying loved one.
