MARIE CURIE ‘SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO DIE AT HOME’

Dee Sissons. Director of Nursing

2 FACT - THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ARE RISING

• Deaths rose by 3.1% in England and Wales in 2012

• Deaths are expected to be 16.5 % higher by 2030

• By 2030 those aged 65 and over will account for 86.7% of all deaths

3FACT - IN 2012 PEOPLE WERE DYING FROM

• Cancer accounted for 29% of all deaths

• Circulatory disease accounted for 28% of deaths

• Respiratory disease accounted for 14% of all deaths

4FACT - PLACE OF DEATH IS AFFECTED BY

• Age

• Diagnosis

• Marital status

• Carer

• Deprivation

• Gender

• Geography

• Ethnicity

5FACT - PEOPLE ARE TELLING US THAT :-

• Overall quality of care has not changed significantly from 2011 to 2013.

• Quality of care was rated significantly lower for people who died in a hospital, compared to those dying at home, in a hospice or care home.

• For those dying at home, the quality of coordination of care was rated significantly lower in 2013 compared to 2012.

• The dignity and respect for patients shown by hospital nurses and hospice nurses has increased between 2011 and 2013.

• Pain is relieved most effectively in the hospice setting (62%) and least effectively at home (18%).

• Only one third of people (35%) who express a preference to die at home, actually die at home.

National Survey of Bereaved People (VOICES) 2013

6MARIE CURIE - THE FACTS

• We cared for nearly 40,000 people across the UK in 2012

• Of those 29,010 people were cared for at home

• Of those 18,239 died

• Median time from 1st visit to death is 8 days.

7 MCCC NEW STRATEGY

• We will reach more people and their families living with a terminal illness

• We will improve the way terminally ill people are cared for across the UK

• We will manage our charity as effectively and efficiently as possible

OBJECTIVES

WE WILL REACH MORE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVING WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS

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WE WILL IMPROVE THE WAY TERMINALLY ILL PEOPLE ARE CARED FOR ACROSS THE UK

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WE WILL MANAGE OUR CHARITY AS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE

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JOAN’ S STORY

IAN’S STORY

14CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

• Increase in the number of deaths

• Multiple needs and care is likely to be much more complex

• Ensuring everyone with a terminal illness gets the personalised help they want and need

• Responding to diverse challenges and healthcare environments

THANK YOUFOR YOUR TIME

For more information phone 0800 716 146 (free) or email info@mariecurie.org.uk

“We passionately believe that everyone who is terminally ill and their families should be able to access high quality personalised care”