What does intimacy mean when a life-limiting illness changes our lives?
When you hear the word intimacy, what do you think of? Sex? A romantic relationship? Emotional closeness? For Dr Kate Sugar, Senior Researcher & Evaluation Lead at Dorothy House, intimacy is about feeling connected to the people who are important to her. So what does intimacy mean when a life-limiting illness changes our lives?
Why intimacy matters at the end of life
Find out about the IN-TALK study, which stands for Intimacy in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will explore how hospices can better support the intimacy needs of patients and the people closest to them. The England-wide project is being led by Dorothy House, and is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
What happens during the dying process?
Death is one of the few experiences every human being shares, yet many of us know very little about what actually happens as someone approaches the end of their life. Whether you're supporting a loved one, planning ahead, or simply seeking understanding, learning about the dying process can help make what often feels frightening a little less mysterious.
Being a Compassionate Companion
Albert recently qualified as an integrative counsellor, focusing on loss and grief, and considers himself part of the death-positive movement. In our latest blog, Albert explains his role as a volunteer Compassionate Companion, and what the experience means to him.
London Month of the Dead: spooky soirées and morbid musings
Stephen Coates is the co-creator of London Month of the Dead, a fascinating festival of talks, tours and events about death and mortality, running throughout October. In our latest blog, we find out all about this scintillating series and why Stephen and Suzette Field launched their annual festival of the dead.
Becoming a death doula
Mangala Holland is a death doula in training, having completed a foundation course with Living Well Dying Well. Having worked in the sexual wellness world for 12 years, she is no stranger to journeying with people through tender, challenging and intimate times. In our latest blog we ask her why and how she became a death doula.
Is death really taboo?
Sue Brayne has an MA in the Rhetoric and Rituals of Death and is an end-of-life researcher and she is the author of The D-Word: talking about dying.
In this blog for Part of Life, Sue explains how her work with the Death Café movement has led her to believe that talking about death is no longer the taboo it once was, but what we lack is the understanding of how to talk about death and dying.
Cemetery Photography
Ever heard of Taphophilia? We approached tombstone tourist, Madame Cimetière, to share her love of cemetery photography and discover more about this respectful and beautiful art form.
Dr. Kate Woodthorpe on the future of grief
Part of Life spoke to Dr. Kate Woodthorpe, Co-Director of the Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) at Bath University, about how she came to work in death studies and where she believes the future of grief is heading.
‘Get Mortal’ - Dead Good Parties
We are sisters, Katy and Lindsey Vigurs (Vigurs rhymes with tigers). We are the founding directors of DEAD GOOD, a not-for-profit, arts-based death education company that aims to end taboos around all things death and dying. We have deliberately introduced a bright, bold and quirky vibe to the death education scene in the UK.