So in this section we are promoting the use of stories for end of life to re-empower communities while in the subsection 'resources' how care professionals can draw on and access patient stories so that the individual patient feels empowered while receiving more appropriate care.
The content of the material in this section of the website provides ‘stories for and about end of life’. These have been written as part of a partnership piece of work between the Strategic Health Authority NHS West Midlands, Bridges Support Service and the Arts Council.
For this piece of work we had a project team made up of ourselves (Pauline and Manjula) and a professional storyteller, Maria Whatton. Both Maria and Manjula worked together with local people recruited from Sandwell and Birmingham communities to participate in this work.
We have presented the stories material both as text with a range of supporting visual imagery and in audio form read by Maria and a number of others who have recorded the participant’s stories on their behalf. Transcripts are available in pdf format to download by visiting the ‘pdf’ page in the Stories for the End of Life section. The video and audio files can be saved by downloading to your desktop and can be found on the 'downloads' page as mp3 files
Equally we are interested in your feedback on the value or possible use of these stories and so there is a link to a short evaluation questionnaire to be found on the Stories for the End of Life pages
The presentation of this material is a way of giving the stories back to all those who contributed - a treasure to keep. It is a way of saying thank you for your ‘munificent’* contribution.
We hope the introduction to and the contents of this material will help make sense of why such stories are needed in the twenty-first century and that such stories can help us to travel our life journey in more prepared ways.
Pauline Smith End of Life Care Lead NHS West Midlands
Manjula Patel Manager Bridges Support Service
* from the latin word munus which means gift
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