The dying process involves changes in breathing, which can alarm loved ones as the brain and body begin to 'shut down'. If a health care professional explains or narrates the stages of dying, a bit like a midwife speaking reassuringly during a birth, then the event can be less upsetting, she said. Procedures such as life-support machines may not make a person better in certain cases and only complicates the dying process. Whether dying takes place at home, a nursing home, or a hospital, it is the people who are present rather than the place itself that matters most. "Dying is not a medical event.

Source: Irish Independent October 13, 2019 06:56 UTC