Recognising Final Stages

These resources are to provide information about what to expect when you or someone you love is reaching the end of life due to terminal cancer. Some of the information may be confronting. While some people prefer to take each day as it comes, some people find that having this evidence-based information helps them feel more prepared and less fearful of what may happen on the final days. It is a very personal choice.

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CarerHelp website

CarerHelp website
CarerHelp is an Australian website for carers who need information and resources to help them feel informed and prepared for caring for someone who is seriously ill. It also includes information to support carers when death is a possibility and for when death is near. CarerHelp has information for everyone including carers who are Aboriginal or…
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Providing Effective Care at Home and at the End of Life – a PDF Handbook for Patients with a Terminal Brain Tumour and their Family Caregivers (UCSF).

Providing Effective Care at Home and at the End of Life – a PDF Handbook for Patients with a Terminal Brain Tumour and their Family Caregivers (UCSF).
The goal of this handbook is to provide an overview of what a patient and their family and caregivers may expect when facing a progressive, life-threatening brain tumour. This handbook is specifically focused on providing effective care at home and at the end of life. The handbook is produced by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and…
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Facing End of Life (Cancer Council PDF Guide)

Facing End of Life (Cancer Council PDF Guide)
Cancer Council have a guide for people dying with cancer, their family and friends. The chapters in outline how you might feel knowing you are dying, what might happen physically, and how you can prepare for death. There is also information for carers, family and friends. This may be the first time you have read about end-of-life matters and it may…
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Physical Signs that Someone is Dying (Cancer Council NSW)

Physical Signs that Someone is Dying (Cancer Council NSW)
Some family and friends find that information about the physical process of dying helps ease their fear and anxiety. Others prefer to take one day at a time and ask health professionals for explanations as the need arises. If you would like to know what to expect, this information from the Cancer Council describes the physical changes in the last…
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We're working on adding more meaningful content

We’re working hard on adding more topics with meaningful information to this life stage, so there might not be as much content as you’d hope to find. If you’d like to see more of the content you’ve searched, please write to us at BT-online@unimelb.edu.au.

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