Thanks to the assistance of his palliative care nurse, Phoebe Mooney, Tim is still able to live at home with his mother, Valerie, despite his severe illness.
He was able to move around independently in his wheelchair when I first met him. He would record a lot of footage. He would be quite talkative.
Although Tim and Phoebe obviously have a particular bond, it can be difficult to work in such an emotionally taxing position.
“I’m not going to lie, I do cry quite a lot at work,” adds Phoebe. “Especially when things don’t go as smoothly, which they occasionally don’t.”
In the UK, Valerie and Tim’s backing is far from assured.
With a measure being brought to parliament today, lawmakers are considering legalizing assisted dying, raising concerns about the standard of end-of-life care in the nation.
Jan Noble, St. Christopher’s director of quality and innovation, adds, “It’s really important we’re talking about funding for hospices at the same time.”
