Useful Resources and Information
At Hospice at Home, we understand that navigating care and support during difficult times can be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve gathered a range of helpful resources to guide you, your family, and carers through every step of the journey. Whether you're looking for practical advice, emotional support, or information about planning ahead, this page offers trusted tools, videos, and links to help you make informed decisions with confidence and compassion.
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Information for Patients
Deciding Right: Planning Ahead for Your Future Care
We invite you to watch the video below, which introduces the importance of having early conversations about your future care and treatment preferences:
📺 Watch the video: Deciding Right – Future Care Planning
This presentation helps explain why these discussions matter and how they can support you and your loved ones in making informed decisions that reflect your values and wishes.
If you would like support with starting these conversations or need further guidance, please don’t hesitate to call us on 01228 608942.
- The Planning Ahead tool leads you, step by step, to think about your own values and the things that matter most to you in life and in dying. It will explain some of the treatment decisions that may lie ahead and ask you to think about whether the length of your life, or the quality of the way you live, matters more to you:
hospiceuk.org/planning-ahead - Hospice UK’s guide to end of life care provides clear and concise guidance about what to expect, what to ask and where you can get support when you or a loved one are facing the end of life and bereavement.
hospiceuk.org/information-and-support/your-guide-hospice-and-end-life-care
Information for Families and Carers
- Ataloss offers a national signposting service to help bereaved people find local, specialist and national support.
ataloss.org - Child Bereavement UK provides information and support (including a helpline) when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, and when a child is facing bereavement.
childbereavementuk.org - Compassionate Employers is Hospice UK’s workplace support programme, helping organisations and their employees to build an open, compassionate culture to support staff through grief, caring responsibilities, or a life-limiting illness
www.hospiceuk.org/compassionate-employers - Cruse Bereavement Support is a national bereavement charity, which provides support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies.
cruse.org.uk - The Good Grief Festival is a community of people talking about grief in a refreshing and honest way, with virtual talks, workshops
and webinars held at online festivals through the year.
goodgrieffest.com