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Resource Centre
About our EPiC Resource Centre
Find answers to your questions following a diagnosis of an incurable illness, ranging from what to expect and how to get the right financial support to planning for death and ultimately bereavement support.
If you’ve been diagnosed with an incurable illness
Find out about what is an incurable illness and what to expect when someone is dying, symptom management and ways to cope with change and uncertainty at the end of life.
Hospice care
Find out about what is hospice care is all about and how you can get hospice care if you live within the Katharine House Hospice catchment area.
Caring for someone with an incurable illness
Learn about who can support you if you are a carer as well as what benefits and allowances are available together with carers' rights at work.
Financial support
We provide you with an overview of how to pay for end-of-life care together with applying for Attendance Allowance, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and how to get local authority funding.
Planning ahead
Find out about planning for death, from financial planning to do what to do with your digital assets; the issues around advance statements and ADRT; and planning your own funeral, making a will and Lasting Power of Attorney.
What to do when someone dies
Read about your next steps after someone has died; organising a funeral and how to look after yourself during this difficult time.
Coping with bereavement
Read about the nature and emotions of grief and how to look after yourself; others who are grieving; children and teenagers and dealing with grief and bereavement at work.
Information for employers
Read about how to support an employee when they are ill as well supporting a bereaved employee and what to do when a member of staff dies.