Dementia End of Life Care Community of Practice

Hospice UK and Dementia UK are working together to facilitate the Dementia End of Life Care Community of Practice (COP).

The CoP champions high-quality palliative dementia care from the point of diagnosis and throughout the dementia journey. We recognise dementia as a progressive, life-limiting condition, and promote a palliative care approach that focuses on comfort, dignity and support for both the person with dementia and those close to them.

We invite presentations from leading clinicians, academics and experts by lived experience, alongside case studies that showcase the skills, talents and experience of our group members.

We recognise that palliative care research and interventions that are primarily associated with other conditions can be hugely beneficial to families with a dementia diagnosis and we encourage cross pollination of ideas and practice.

The Dementia End of Life Care Community of Practice meetings are led by Cat Sullivan, Senior Clinical Practice and Quality Improvement Manager at Hospice UK.

The COP meets quarterly via MS Teams.

Our Dementia Community of Practice includes a MS Teams discussion group, where you can keep in touch with your peers between meetings.

This features event announcements, relevant articles and resources, calls for research and participation and updates relating to dementia. We also share the recordings and slidesets from previous meetings via Teams.

When you join the Community of Practice, you will automatically be added to the MS Teams group.