This video should help you to understand, anticipate and respond to some of the signs you may notice when someone is approaching death. I give a general overview of 5 of the signs a dying patient may experience at the end of life. Learning about these changes can make the future seem less frightening and make you feel more prepared.

- Decreased appetite and thirst
- Mottled skin
- Changes in breathing (agonal breathing vs. death rattle)
- Fatigue (sleeping a lot)
- Incontinence

Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Decreased appetite and thirst
2:18 Mottled skin
2:57 Changes in breathing
3:15 Agonal breathing
3:42 Death rattle
4:11 Fatigue
4:35 Incontinence
5:05 The end

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