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What is dying well?

• Our journey through life
  • - What is a good death?
  • - What is death like?
  • - On the journey with you: The Centre for the Art of Dying Well
• Planning a good death
  • - Acceptance and looking ahead
  • - Planning the funeral
  • - How to plan for a good death
• Catholic funerals and cremations guide
  • - A guide to Catholic funerals
  • - Burial or cremation?
    • - Music Suggestions for a Catholic Funeral-off
  • - What happens at a Catholic funeral?
  • - Music for a Catholic funeral
  • - Catholic funerals and cremations during coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19)
  • - Catholic funeral and cremation FAQs
• Spiritual questions
  • - Life after death
  • - Big questions about death
  • - Understanding spiritual needs
  • - Exploring the meaning of life
• A good Catholic death
  • - Support of the Church
  • - Prayers and reflections
  • - What the Church says about death
  • - More Catholic prayers for the dead and dying
  • - Prayers for a dying loved one if you’re unable to be at their side
  • - A Catholic prayer for the dead – for those with no one to pray for them

Talking about death

• Coming to terms with death
  • - Making the most of life
  • - Accepting your mortality
• Talking about death
  • - Special report: The Internet and End of Life
  • - Discussing rethinking accompaniment at the end of life
  • - Living with terminal bowel cancer
  • - Breaking the taboo
  • - Dying well starts with living well
• A new outlook on life
  • - Dealing with uncertainty
  • - Life after a brush with death

Facing death personally

• Emotions and relationships
  • - How are you feeling?
  • - Making the most of now
  • - Helping your loved ones

Bereavement

• Relationships
  • - Supporting someone who is dying
  • - Being kind to yourself
  • - Catholic prayers for the dead
• Dealing with bereavement
  • - Loss and trauma in the time of the pandemic
  • - After the death of a child
  • - Coping with bereavement and grief
  • - Grief after suicide
  • - National Grief Awareness Week
  • - Julia Samuel, psychotherapist and author on bereavement and grief

Caring for the dying

• Caring during Covid-19
  • - Caring for a loved one at home during Covid-19
  • - What are the symptoms of Covid-19?
  • - Understanding the natural process of dying during Covid-19
• Helping people to die well
  • - Helping people to talk
  • - Dying in a caring context
  • - Hospital chaplaincy during the coronavirus pandemic
• Providing great care
  • - Being a carer – Greg Wise
  • - Providing holistic care
  • - Helping the bereaved
  • - Emotions in a caring context
  • - Advance care planning
• Deathbed etiquette
  • - Deathbed etiquette
  • - Deathbed etiquette and the coronavirus (Covid-19)
  • - Catholic rituals for the dying
  • - Islamic death rituals
  • - Jewish rituals for death and dying

About this site

• The Art of Dying Well
• Ars Moriendi
• Why it’s relevant today