End of life care
Information and links for professionals who support people and their families at the end of life
This resource is for people who work with adults who are approaching the end of life. Some 500,000 people die each year and, because of the ageing population, that number is predicted to rise over the next few years. It’s important that social care and health professionals who work with people at the end of life and their families have access to high quality resources and information so they can give the best care possible.
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The Dementia Gateway
The end of life care section in the Dementia Gateway has information about the specific needs of people with dementia at the end of their lives.
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Dignity in care
The end of life care section on the Dignity in Care Guide promotes care that will minimise suffering and enable people to have dignity, choice and control.
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Social care TV
This film about dementia and end of life care is the first in a series of Social Care TV films that SCIE will be producing about end of life care.
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NICE resources
Evidence-based information describing high quality end of life care from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
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Ideas for practice
Find out about the innovative end of life care practice of other organisations and share your own ideas with others working in the sector.
The National End of Life Care Programme
The National End of Life Care Programme works with health and social care services across all sectors in England to improve end of life care for adults by implementing the Department of Health’s End of Life Care Strategy. The website carries news, events, publications and tools designed to support health and social care staff working with people nearing the end of life.
Coming soon
- A research briefing on caring for people with dementia at the end of life who live in care homes. This will replace an earlier report on terminal care.
- Three Social Care TV films on end of life care.
