End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. Alan Tuffery is a committee member of EOLI and this is the first in a series of posts on legal matters and end of life. After several posts about deciding on your healthcare needs at the end of […]
End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. Alan Tuffery is a committee member of EOLI and below he thinks forward on how a person could express the scenarios in which they would like to access VAD. My last post about the fact Voluntary Assisted Dying […]
This is the final in a series of blogposts telling my story of making my end-of life arrangements. If you missed the earlier posts catch up here! In my last post, I completed the story of the Advance Healthcare Directive: what it is, how to fill it out, and who should know about it. In this […]
This is the fourth blogpost telling my story of making my end-of life arrangements. If you missed the earlier posts catch up here! Over the last couple of blogs I have been recounting my experience of completing an Advance Healthcare Directive, to explain my wishes about my treatment at the end of life, especially in case […]
This is the third blogpost telling my story of making my end-of life arrangements. If you missed the earlier posts please do catch up with the first and second posts! In my last post I explained what an Advance Healthcare Directive is. It’s a form for recording your preferences about your healthcare in case you […]
This is the second blogpost telling my story of making my end-of life arrangements. If you missed the first post catch up here! In the first post I mentioned the reason why we should take a bit of time to think about and discuss the arrangements for end of life. The important things are end-of-life care, funeral arrangements and disposal of […]
End of Life Ireland (EOLI) is a volunteer-led group seeking to foster conversation about end-of life issues. This introductory post is the first in a series of blog posts telling the story of our committee member, Alan Tuffery’s experience of making arrangements for the end of his life. Like most people, I suppose I avoided […]