![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-an-end-of-life-carer-heres-what-people-regret-on-their-deathbeds/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_rtya.jpg&description=Katrina Homer opens up about the reality of being an end-of-life carer, from fulfilling people's final promises to spending their last moments by their side - and the heartbreaking reason she does it all Caring for somebody on their death bed can be incredibly difficult and emotional, as Sue Ryder healthcare assistant, Katrina Homer, knows only too well. From arranging people's dying wishes to listening to their biggest regrets, it's a huge responsibility but one that is 'such a privilege' at the same time. Katrina had been a domiciliary carer for two decades before she decided to go into palliative care in 2021, inspired by her late father's heartbreaking final wish. She wasn't aware at the time of his passing that he could've received his end-of-life care at home, and felt he ended up dying in a place he didn't want to be. "My father wanted to be at home and to die at home with his family, which he was not able to do. He did not receive the care he needed and deserved at the end of his life to keep him comfortable," Katrina, 46, told the Mirror. "Because of this I decided that I wanted to go into a more caring role. A role that would help ensure that people in their last days or weeks would get the love and care that they need and to fulfil their wishes." Shortly after Katrina's dad, Robin Gray, 80, passed away in a local care home, she applied for a vacancy at Sue Ryder's Hospice at Home service, which provides expert care for patients in their own environment. "I do this job because I love it. It is such a privilege to be accepted into someone's home at such a personal, delicate and vulnerable time in their lives and help to keep them as comfortable as possible," Katrina, from Didcot, Oxfordshire, said. From fulfilling one dying woman's wish to have a wedding at home, to another lady's request to have her horse visit her, no two days are the same for Katrina. A bittersweet moment that sticks in her mind is a conversation she had with an elderly gentleman, who di){kind=link}
Katrina Homer opens up about the reality of being an end-of-life carer, from fulfilling people’s final promises to spending their last moments by their side – and the heartbreaking reason she does it all
Caring for somebody on their death bed can be incredibly difficult and emotional, as Sue Ryder healthcare assistant, Katrina Homer, knows only too well.
From arranging people’s dying wishes to listening to their biggest regrets, it’s a huge responsibility but one that is ‘such a privilege’ at the same time.
Katrina had been a domiciliary carer for two decades before she decided to go into palliative care in 2021, inspired by her late father’s heartbreaking final wish.
She wasn’t aware at the time of his passing that he could’ve received his end-of-life care at home, and felt he ended up dying in a place he didn’t want to be.