Dementia innovation hermione elliott presentation - open forum events

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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?