This guidance aims to help anyone caring for someone with heart failure to open up conversations about end of life wishes and preferences, in order to enhance quality of life.
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This guide aims to support those caring for people affected by heart failure by building confidence in exploring people’s hopes for the future, wishes and fears, in particular the end of life. This could include:
cardiologists
heart failure nurses
general practitioners (GPs)
practice nurses
healthcare assistants
hospital nurses
care home staff
district nurses
community matrons
palliative care nurses and consultants
anyone with responsibility for caring for someone with heart failure.
It shares insights from over sixty people personally affected by heart failure (patients, carers and former carers) about their experience of considering the future and the end of life.
We explore how being open about the end of life can enhance people’s quality of life and share examples of subjects that may arise. We share ideas about how to start conversations and pitfalls to avoid, along with helpful links to resources.
