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Hermione Elliott presentation at Open Forum Events' Dementia: Innovation conference.
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70% of us say we’d like to die at home - what actually happens is:
Over 60% of deaths take place in hospitals
17% in nursing homes
17% at home
5% in hospices
The D-Word D = DeathD =
DenialD = Distortion D = Discussion
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has …
What is uppermost - Quality or Quantity
of Life?
Where do doulas for the dying fit in?