Anne Vandenhoeck

Research assistant at the Academic Centre for Practical Theology of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)

Whole care is the driving force of experts coming together to discuss palliative care for the elderly. Interdisciplinary reflection and output is the only way forward to ensure people receive the care they need and deserve. A society is measured by the way it treats frail human beings.

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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.