Palliative Care Project
New Project seeks to identify and respond to the palliative care needs of people with dementia and their carers and families who access Alzheimer Society of Ireland services.
When we think of palliative care we most often think of it being available for people with cancer. In Ireland palliative care is generally not available to people with dementia. A palliative care philosophy includes care across the physical, emotional, social and spiritual dimensions of the person. In recent years it has increasingly been recognised that palliative care would be of benefit to most of us and particularly if we have a life limiting condition, including dementia.
At the beginning of the year the Alzheimer Society of Ireland was awarded a grant from the Irish Hospice Foundation’s Small Research Fund for a project called ‘Opening Conversations – Developing a model of best practice for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland for best practice palliative care interventions for people with dementia and their families’. This project will run throughout 2010.
For information contact: Annie Dillon, Projects Officer. adillon@alzheimer.ie