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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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/?

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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/?

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Book here, for free, to get the link (if I've don't it right) – RESPECT #GinAndJamas – Teams

This is online teaching for healthcare professionals, especially those in gloucestershire, to learn about the respect process. ...

Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

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/?

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

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/?

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

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/?

Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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/?

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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/

Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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

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Dr Tanya @drtanya.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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