palliative and death

Question 1

End of life or the dying phase can be recognised when people are reaching the following stages in their disease trajectory:

Answer 1

o Bed bound.
o Semi comatose.
o Only able to take sips of fluid.

o Unable to take medicine orally

Question 2

Symptoms facing people at the end of their life include

Answer 2

o Pain

o Nausea and Vomiting o Dyspnoea
o Agitation
o Confusion

o Constipation
o Anorexia
o TerminalSecretions

Question 3

A person does not have the capacity to make their own decisions if they have one or more of the following:

Answer 3

· Cannot understand the information given to them

· Cannot retain the information given to them long enough to make a decision

· Cannot weight up the pros and cons to make a decision

· Cannot communicate their decisio