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As a nurse who supports terminally ill patients to die in their own homes, Angelina Blair sees first hand the last few hours of people’s lives.

“There are times where you put on a brave face, you smile, you give the care that’s right and when you leave the patient’s home you go and talk to your colleagues or maybe shed a few tears,” she says.

“Even if I’ve dealt with four deaths in a day, I’ve been able to have a family say that it was great, that mum, dad, sister was at home where they wanted to be.”

She works for Rowcroft Hospice in Torquay, Devon, which supports 2,500 patients and their loved ones each year, most of whom choose to die in their own homes.

It is one of more than 200 hospices represented by the charity…