Stephen R. Connor

Executive Director of Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) (USA)

The public remains unaware of the benefits of palliative care and its focus on living rather than dying. Our hope is that the follow up to this workshop will bring to light these benefits and the importance of access to palliative care for all who need it, especially older people where the need is greatest.

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SIGN THE CHARTER AND JOIN US IN SUPPORTING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Every older person with chronic or incurable illness has the right to receive Palliative Care.

The goal of Palliative Care is to take care of the person in totality even when there is no longer a cure. This care foresees a team of different and diverse professional figures: doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, social and religious assistants helping patients and their families.

Palliative Care is not a palliative.

Together we have the opportunity to spread the meaning and the profound value of Palliative Care and sensitize every country so that it may become an integral part of every national healthcare system.