My mum had an end of life package in her last few weeks of life. She lived with us and what happened was in discussion with us.
A 'just in case' box was left with by the district nurses. That meant that if mum needed extra pain killers etc during the night a nurse could come and administer them without a doctor being called. I was also given a direct number to phone so that I didn't have to go through all the procedure of giving the details over and over.
Eventually a syringe driver was fitted and morphing was administered through this. We were lucky enough to have Marie Cure nurses who came and sat with mu overnight in order to let us have some sleep. I didn't know they would do this as I thought they only provided for cancer patients. They were a great help.
The district nurses come twice a day to bathe mum and turn her etc.
