Four films commissioned by Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care to raise public awareness about the impact of living at home with a life-limiting illness.
20 Takes on death and dying
Vies on death and dying from the streets of Paisley, Elgin and Inverness
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1. The Long Goodbye (2:31)
Meet four remarkable people — Fiona, Gordon, Lucy and Emily. Only one of them is unwell, but all are living with a life-limiting illness, at home. Welcome to the Cook Household, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.
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2. The Collapse (5.01)
How do you keep your cool when a parent collapses and everyone around you is panicking?
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3. Those Damned Emotions (3:30)
It’s obviously a good thing to talk about your emotions, bla bla bla, but what if you don’t want to? A regular dose of CSI might help. But it’s not only children who’d rather not get in touch with their feelings.
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4. A Young Life (3:30)
It doesn’t seem fair to have your teenage years blighted by family illness. Who wants to act old before time? And how will your best friends respond?
5. All Change
It’s hard when illness prevents you from being the wife and mother you want to be. Or the husband. And what about the daughter? Is she allowed to rebel, just occasionally?
6. Hospice (2:48)
Hospice is one of those words most of us don’t want to hear. It suggests other words – like terminal, incurable and death. Yet for the Cook family the actual experience of a hospice was surprisingly different.
