I help people have the deaths they want everyone is different [Video]

‘When people come into the hospice, they can’t believe how many people are smiling,’ Sharon Fleming shares.

The 62-year-old has always found fulfilment in making tangible differences in people’s lives, as part of her job as a palliative social worker.

‘Being able to help people when they’ve got a terminal diagnosis and to help pull their affairs in order, allows them to be in the moment and live rather than constantly thinking about their fears,’ she tells Metro.co.uk.

‘We’re there to help [people] have a good death. We do a lot of planning with babies coming into this world, like birth plans – in palliative care, we actually talk about death plans.

‘It’s about giving them the freedom [to know] that they’ve done everything that they possibly can and that they’ve left messages where they need to, and they can just be at peace with themselves.’

After initially being drawn to adoption and youth services two decades ago because she …