Mairi's Story
The Talking Mortality Podcast
English - March 09, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MBSociety & Culture Science mortality death dying medicine prognosis hope bereavement talking society taboos Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A bereaved daughter gives an open, honest and sincere account of her mother's journey with dementia, from diagnosis through to her eventual death at home.
We discuss the impact of the illness on her Mum and a hospital admission near the end of life that was fraught with many challenges.
There are many things to learn from Mairi's Story; for individuals diagnosed with a chronic incurable illness, their families and the wider healthcare profession too.