Can anyone explain rattling? My mother is now receiving end of life care in her care home and the GP has prescribed a just-in-case end of life set of medication. It is really hard to guess at how long she may have. She is still drinking a little but refusing food. GP and care home staff agree that it is end of life care now. But rattling was mentioned to me and I did not really understand what it meant or what the significance was. The end will come as a blessing as her quality of life is nil, and I know I will cope with it, being a practical sort and not an emotional sort. Trying to comfort my father will be the difficult thing. What's stressful to me is not knowing what's going to happen when, my life is usually planned and busy and getting torm between things I must do in one place and things I must do 120 miles away is difficult.