Support
At this time, good nursing care, emotional support and the skills of people trained to help with your symptoms will be very important. It may be important to you to be surrounded by people and possessions which are dear to you. This can happen in a variety of places, not just at home.
Often the choice of where you will die is a compromise between what you want and what is possible.
If you are a carer reading this, it’s important that you don’t feel guilty if you encourage your partner or relative to die in a hospice, hospital or nursing home. If you have to make the decision to move them at a late stage, then this shouldn’t be seen as a failure, but rather because you want to make sure that your loved one gets the expert care that they need at this time.