Situations

Plain guidance for particular moments near the end of life. Every line names its source.

• Death rattle: what it means and how to help

  Why breathing can sound rattly in the last hours or days of life, whether it distresses the person, and what can help. Sourced from the NHS.

• Terminal restlessness: signs and what helps

  Why someone may become restless or confused in their last days, the signs to look for, and simple things that help. Sourced from the NHS.

• Registering a death

  When and how to register a death in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and what you get afterwards. Sourced from GOV.UK, mygov.scot and nidirect.

• Signs that someone is dying

  The changes that usually happen in the last days and hours of life, and simple things that help. Sourced from the NHS and NHS inform.

• Making an advance care plan

  What advance care planning is, the difference between an advance statement and an advance decision to refuse treatment, and how to start. Sourced from the NHS.

• DNACPR decisions

  What a DNACPR decision means, who makes it, what it does not change, and what to do if you are worried about one. Sourced from the NHS.