Call 1 - The development of end of life care standards for people with end stage dementia
Dr Suzanne Cahill, Dementia Service Information and Development Centre and the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin; Dr Max Watson, University of Ulster and Northern Ireland Hospice; and Ms. Daphne Doran, Quality Initiatives Consultancy
This group will examine the different standards of care that exist for older people in long-stay care and work with older people to draw up specific standards to meet the unique and complex end of life care needs of people with dementia.
Objective:
To improve the quality of life for people with dementia dying in Irish residential care settings by investigating the experience of elderly spouses and collecting data to inform a draft standard for quality care in end stage dementia long-stay care
