Alzheimer's Society comment on publication of End of Life Strategy
Published 16 July 2008
One in three people over 65 will die with dementia and too many of them are subjected to an undignified and unnecessarily painful death.
The End of Life Strategy is a good start towards tackling the appalling state of end of life dementia care, but if it is to truly succeed, there must be a much stronger focus on delivering quality end of life care to people with dementia.Neil Hunt
Commitments to improve training must focus on dementia and there must be more sharing of skills and knowledge between dementia care and palliative care specialists
The amount of people living with dementia reaches a million in less than 20 years. The time for change is now.
Chief Executive
Alzheimer's Society
