End of Life Care

Just because older people are nearing the end of their life doesnt mean they lose their right to quality dignified care. Such discrimination in care at the end of life on the basis of age is appalling.

We believe that the NHS must serve the needs of all patients, young and old, whether those needs are physical, mental or spiritual.

A national scandal

Younger people facing death, from terminal illness for example, receive a better standard of care and support than older people in their final years.

Research has revealed enormous differences in the care available to older people. Only 8.5 per cent of older people with cancer die in a hospice, compared with 20 per cent of all cancer sufferers.

Older people who die in hospital can endure dirty and noisy wards, where busy medical and nursing staff may not be able to devote the necessary time and attention to them. Older people who are dying have fewer support networks, and more financial hardships compared to younger people.

Taboos surrounding death and dying can lead to older people feeling unable to say how or where they would like to die.

It is a perverse system that allows the people who have been paying for the NHS for the longest to receive the poorest quality care as they are dying.

What you can do?

It is your right to be consulted on the quality of local health services, and to call for improvements.

In England: Contact the Commission for Patient and Public involvement in Health. Call 0121 345 6100.

In Wales: Health of Wales Information Service

In Scotland: Scottish NHS Information Service

In Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland NHS

Help Make...Your World...Our World Free of Elder Abuse.

Action on Elder Abuse run the UK and Ireland's only national, freephone helpline for anyone concerned in any way about the abuse of older people.

Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading care and research charity for people with dementia and those who care for them.

International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse.

Ensuring that Older People are cared for with Dignity and Respect Abuse.

Public Concern at Work is the independent authority on public interest whistleblowing. Established as a charity in 1993.

By joining this group you will become a Dignity Champion.

If you suspect that Nursing Home or Care Home Negligence is taking place, Click above link.

Advice & support at Age UK offering a wide range of information sheets and reports.

Action on Elder Abuse run the UK and Ireland's only national, freephone helpline for anyone concerned in any way about the abuse of older people.

Alicja Dating Uk Sponsors Elder Protection please visit their site.

Nursing Home Neglect Solicitors

A firm of solicitors with clients all over the country, which has the largest specialist abuse department in the country, and is able to advise on any allegation of elder abuse which is likely to lead to a claim for compensation. Legal Aid funding is available dependent on means.