Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, those aged over 85 and people living in poorer areas are being failed in the quality of palliative care they receive, according to a
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Free social care should be provided at the end of life so that no one dies in hospital for want of a package of support, a review into palliative care
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Not being able to manage a loved one’s pain is what worries people most about caring for someone with a terminal illness. Half of all adults surveyed by charity Marie
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A new resource from the National Council of Palliative Care and Together for Short Lives has been developed to help families and professionals approach conversations with young adults about the
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In developed and developing countries, with very few national exceptions, people are living longer and dying slower through degenerative rather than infectious disease. This paper addresses the challenge that this
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Health workers in Britain “don’t bother” to understand Irish patients, who suffer higher levels of long-term illness, death rates from terminal diseases and mental ill-health, the Irish Parliament has heard.
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A new campaign called ‘Start the Conversation’ is being launched across Argyll and Bute, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Tayside to raise awareness of the importance of having a Power of Attorney
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Dementia sufferers lack proper care because the illness is not recognised as a terminal diagnosis, according to a report out today. The report, by Marie Curie and the Alzheimer’s Society,
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Scotland’s new First Minister’s pledge to crack down on councils over social care charging has been welcomed by motor neurone disease (MND) campaigner Gordon Aikman. During her programme for government,
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Disability campaigners have voiced concern about an attempt to change the law on assisted dying as the legislation faced its latest parliamentary hurdle. But supporters of a change claimed opponents
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