If any of you have heard me talk about ReSPECT eg #ginandjamas or #nandown you will probably have heard me talk about lasting power of attorney.... Everyone over 18 needs one (especially if you have dependents or share the rent/mortgage with someone). *THEY ARE ABOUT TO BECOME MORE EXPENSIVE!*

For those that want to listen rather than watch here"s the podcast youtu.be/tGSvCZxD-uI?... @resuscounciluk.bsky.social @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social

youtu.be/_6W8vTS1lLw 50 mins on top tips for advanced respect plan making @ercresus.bsky.social @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @dignityindying.org.uk @resuscounciluk.bsky.social

Useful resources for how respect process *should* be completed.... If you think you know, think again... The podcast youtu.be/tGSvCZxD-uI?...

Reading round Ozzy's death and loving the fact he knew "his days were numbered" and everyone made the most of that time.... Concerts, propositions, celebrations and more. #last1000days

My beautiful wonderful 10 year old daughter (who was born a girl and identifies as a girl) has been repeatedly told (by strangers) in public toilets "that if she is old enough to use the loo without her mum, she is enough to use the gents". 1/?

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #14. . One I haven't read but plan to Kathryn Mannix Listen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #13 Anne Mayer Bird and Catherine mayer Good Grief: Embracing Life at a Time of Death

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #12 Markus ZusakMarkus Zusak The Book Thief Narrated by death

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #11 Patricia C. Byron Last Orders: Your Executors' Guide to Your Letter of Wishes.

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned so I'm going to share them Here's #10 thedeathbook.co.uk Organise the aftermath to perfection. Make sure your nearest and dearest know exactly what’s what following your demise.

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #9 Samuel Shem House Of God Not for the faint hearted or easily offended. Definitely not pc

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #8 Atul Gawande Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned so I'm going to share them Here's #6 there are some things in life that go better if you are knowledgeable & happy to talk about what matters to you & what you want: Death & sex are 2 of them

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned so I'm going to share them Here's #6 there are some things in life that go better if you are knowledgeable & happy to talk about what matters to you & what you want: Death & sex are 2 of them

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty & advanced care planning so I'm going to share them #5 Mort Terry Pratchett a masterful blend of wit, satire, & philosophy, all wrapped up in a fantastical story about Death

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty & advanced care planning so I'm going to share them #5 Mort Terry Pratchett a masterful blend of wit, satire, & philosophy, all wrapped up in a fantastical story about Death

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty & advanced care planning. I'm going to share them #4 Lucy Pollock The Book About Getting Older: The essential comforting guide to ageing with wise advice for the highs & low

It's #dyingmattersweek and I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned about end of life, dying, frailty and advanced care planning so I'm going to share them Here's #3 Kathryn Mannix With the End in Mind: How to Live & Die Well Touching, tragic, funny & wise

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned so I'm going to share them #2 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi ... chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student into a neurosurgeon & finally into a patient

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned so I'm going to share them #1 charming, practical, & unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. Margareta Magnusson The Gentle Art of Swedi

It's #dyingmattersweek & I've been busy doing #ginandjamas. Many books have been mentioned so I'm going to share them here #1 charming, practical, & unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. Margareta Magnusson The Gentle Art of

www.tickettailor.com/events/ginan... Sorry.... Forgot to share sooner. Tonight is diagnosing dying, tomorrow: silver trauma and Thursday: respect....

To celebrate ‘Dying matters week’{ Dying Matters | Hospice UK} we are running some more #GinAndJamas sessions on RESPECT....5th may 1930 There will be more (I’m hoping to do Predicting death AKA Diagnosing death and maybe Delirium and silver trauma) when I get around to booking them.... 1/?

By popular demand we are running some more #GinAndJamas sessions on RESPECT for hcps.... Please share widely with all healthcare professionals in your team, esp Gloucestershire And if you've been before and found it useful, please tell your mates. buytickets.at/ginandjamas/... 1/?

Day 24 NHS tips advent calendar. Please share if you find useful LOVE ACTUALLY ….. MAKES YOU WELL! The thing that will keep you healthiest for longest is having a network of people that care about you & who you care for, ideally who you can laugh with. 1/6

Day 22 NHS tips advent calendar Please share if you find it useful. Give it a like and comment on your way past if possible for the algorithm. ADVOCATE FOR YOURSELF. If something that was meant to happen hasn't happened, go and ask about it. 1/7

Day 21 NHS tips advent calendar Share if you find it useful and give it a like and comment on your way past for the algorithm SET UP THE EMERGENCY DETAILS ON YOUR PHONE. These important details can usually be accessed in an emergency without people needing to know pass code. 1/5

Day 20 NHS tips advent calendar Feel free to share if you find it useful and give it a like and comment on your way past for the algorithm WHAT TO PACK. If someone you know is admitted to hospital there are certain things that you should bring in for them. 1/7

Day 19 NHS advent calendar. Share if you find It useful and give it a like and comment for the algorithm. IF YOU'RE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE TO CALL AN AMBULANCE, go downstairs and unlock the door while you're waiting. 1/8

Day 18 NHS advent calendar. Please share if you find it helpful and give it a like and/or a comment on the way past for the algorithm. DRESS FOR EASE, NOT TO IMPRESS. If you have a planned appointment, either at your GP or in hospital, think about the clothes that you are wearing. 1/6

Day 16 NHS calendar. Please share if you find it useful DOCTORS ARE NOT DENTISTS. Do you know that dentist do a five-year degree just focusing on the mouth? We know it's tricky to get to see a dentist & we know there may well be a cost but doctors don't know what dentists know. 1/4

Day 15 NHS advent calendar. Please share if you find it useful. TIME IS OFTEN A HEALER! Try to avoid the ‘Amazon culture’ of everything needing to be sorted now. 1/7

NHS advent calendar day 13 Share if you find it helpful. PLAN 15 YEARS EARLIER THAN YOU THINK FOR OLD AGE. I guarantee you will all get older (unless you die immediately on reading that!). Waiting until there is a crisis will mean poorer quality of life for you & may well shorten your life. 1/10

Day 12 NHS tips advent calendar BE NICE AND POLITE. Evidence (www.civilitysaveslives.com) shows that if everyone is kind, polite & lovely to each other, patients get better care. 1/6

NHS tips advent calendar day 11. Share if you find it useful MOVE MORE IN HOSPITAL. One of the biggest things you can do in hospital to help your recovery is get out of bed & move around. 1/8

Day 10 NHS advent calendar. Please share if you find it useful and give it a like so it pops up on others time lines. WE ALL DIE at some point, it is a fact of life. Medical staff & Hospitals cannot stop people dying if it is their time to die. 1/7

Tips for the NHS advent calendar day 8 Share if you find it useful. SEE THE RIGHT PERSON, NOT THE QUICKEST PERSON. The emergency department is staffed by emergency specialists. General practitioners are specialists in what they do. 1/?

NHS advent calendar day 7 THERE IS NO DEDICATED PERSON TO ANSWER THE PHONE IN HOSPITAL. We often have complaints from people that nobody answers the phone in hospital. Usually there is no one allocated to answer phones. 1/?

Day 6 of the NHS need to know calendar HAVE A SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY PLAN. Have a plan for when your elderly or frail relative becomes unwell, in exactly the same way as you would have a plan if one of your children was too unwell to go to school. 1/?

I'm not sure what happened to day 4 of the NHS advent calendar. I suspect I forget to press "post". Anyway, here it is a day late. Please share if you find useful. This one is England only EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 NEEDS A LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY

NHS advent calendar day 5 PLEASE DON’T BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY WITH YOU. If you come to a healthcare provider for any reason, please limit the number of relatives that you bring with you. This is particularly important in an emergency situation. 1/?

Advent calendar day 3 HOSPITAL IS A VERY HARMFUL PLACE. Hospitals provide essential medical interventions that can’t be done at home but there are greater risks including infection, 1/

Greg Anderson - Needlestick (Official Video) youtu.be/FOYd4BXFGzQ?... via @YouTube Thought provoking @GCarersHub loving seeing a #careraware badge in this

NHS ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 2 MEDICINES AND THERAPIES. Make sure you know what medicines you are taking and why. No one should be putting unknown substances into their body. If you know what your medicines are for, you can work out if they make the problem better. 1/8

So, I've been thinking of doing some tips for interacting with the NHS for a while and I've shoe horned it into 24. Sooooo, over December you will get my "NHS advent calendar". Not especially festive but my gift to you... And let's face it. Sometimes, 2/8

If someone you know hasn't had chicken pox I'd buy a tube when you see it if possible. Not medical advice. N=2. Utter game changer with my kids.

Mental health is another of my hobby horses. You can't have physical health without mental health. Depression is massively under diagnosed in older people too, especially the boys. Can you check on someone of any age today?

Moved over from the other place. Still same interests: wife,mother, daughter, sister, emergency medicine, frailty, advanced care planning, Safeguarding, LD, PEM, respect, books & travel. Views are my own etc