A palliative care worker has shared what it's like working in a Glasgow hospice and why it shouldn’t be taboo to talk about death.
Jane had her first staffing job in 1994 in a hospice inpatient unit. She hasn’t been in palliative care her whole career, but after 15 years in a renal unit, she decided to return to community hospice care.Hospice care is often misunderstood, and Jane says she wishes people knew what it is exactly that she and her team do.
Hospice care is provided for people with a terminal illness or a condition that is long-term and can’t be cured, and people can move in and out of palliative care."We feel that it’s morbid, we feel that it’s depressing people, whereas as a palliative care nurse, I think it gives people the freedom to allow their loved ones to know their wishes.“I know we can all do that if we’re open and talk about death.“And it also, I think, sometimes, not always, but put pettiness aside.
“It’s been as well symptom-controlled as possible, that they were prepared, that their family was prepared, they were where they wanted to be, and nothing was left unsaid, and that no wishes or dreams were unmet. That’s the triumph, that’s when it’s great.
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