Barbro Westerholm

Drug Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Member of AGE Platform Europe’s Health Expert Group, Member of the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics (Sweden)

The Charter can counteract the ageism and age discrimination older people can meet in nursing care resulting in unmet needs such as access to palliative care.

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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.