Older people

This is the third blog in a series on how National Voices members are enabling person-centred care. View other blogs in the series.

Verena Hewat, Community Outreach and Training Lead at Compassion in Dying explains how they have been working with Portuguese-speaking communities in Lambeth to make end-of-life care more person-centred.

The NHS England National Clinical Director for Dementia, Professor Alistair Burns, tells how a growing network of health and care staff are supporting elderly people to stay independent, keep well and get home quickly after a spell in hospital.

In this blog, Natalie Koussa shares why it's important for people to have conversations about care and treatment plans at the end of life.

Policy Manager at Marie Curie, Rick Wright, explains why having the right expert advice is crucial for carers looking after people at the end of life.

Natalie Castro currently runs the Befriending Plus project for One Westminster that supports many older people living in the borough through its network of volunteer befrienders. The aim is to improve the lives of older people and help them remain as independent as possible.

Ewan King shares learnings from SCIE's recent briefing on how to grow small-scale, community-led innovations to improve people’s lives.

Care navigators are ‘bridging’ roles in our communities. Find out how they are improving quality of life for older people on the Isle of Wight.

Asking the right questions, at the right time, can make a real difference to the decisions people make about their treatment and care throughout their lives, including at the end of life.

Jennifer Noel has a background in human rights, specialising in patients' rights in end-of-life care.

Limiting the amount of money that individuals have to contribute towards their own care would represent a fair contract between the state and individuals facing ‘catastrophic’ costs.