Research project - DECIDE

Diverse Experiences of End-of-Life Care in Dementia

Dr Felicity Dewhurst (Flic), one of our Consultants in Palliative Medicine, is leading a research project that’s focused on helping to improve care for all people with dementia as they approach the end of their lives.

According to a recent report by Marie Curie, titled ‘Dying in Poverty – exploring poverty at the end of life in the UK’, we know that people with dementia who are from ethnic minority communities or who experience poverty are less likely to receive good end-of-life care.

We want to find out what issues are important to resolve to ensure good end-of-life care for people with dementia from ethnic minority groups and those experiencing poverty.

The research team is being led by Dr Felicity Dewhurst, Consultant in Palliative Care at St Oswald’s Hospice, and two other lead researchers, Dr Louise Tomkow and Dr Marie Poole, who are based at Newcastle University, University of Manchester, and London School of Economics.

National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR Three Schools Dementia Programme).

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At St Oswald’s Hospice, we want to find out what issues are important to resolve, to ensure good end-of-life care for people with dementia from ethnic minority groups and those experiencing poverty.