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Hearing

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Phone accessibility

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Caring for someone with dementia

A conversation with a doctor

In this conversation, Dr Ros Taylor, Consultant in Palliative Care, speaks with Sue, who has been caring for her mother living with dementia. Together they explore how to make thoughtful, compassionate decisions about care at home, hospital, hospice or care home, and how to recognise when someone may be approaching the end of life.

Meet our experts

Dr Ros Taylor MBE

Dr Ros Taylor has over 30 years of experience in palliative care and was awarded an MBE for Services to Hospice Care following a nomination by a patient. She was Clinical Director at Hospice UK, a national umbrella organisation for the hospice/ palliative movement, advocating for improved access to palliative care in all settings including care homes. In January 2020, she took on the medical leadership role to re-open Michael Sobell Hospice in West London. She has contributed to the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death on topics such as the ‘will to live’, power and gender issues. She is a Senior Advisor to the Montreal International Congress on Palliative Care, and has most recently developed a new resource, HPAL, which curates essential palliative information for both family and professional caregivers.

 

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