Telling It Like It Is: Experiences of Older People at End of Life 2025
Establish an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People Underpinning these recommendations from the Telling It Like It Is report is the call for the establishment of an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People, who would account directly to the Oireachtas, with a mandate to promote and protect the interests and wellbeing of all older people.
Recommendations
Awareness Promote greater awareness and access to information, resources and supports that empowers older people as they approach end of life. Research Repeat the National End of Life Survey to identify and understand important trends in older people’s end-of-life experiences over time. Support Guarantee older people access to key supports which are accessible regardless of their location, Ёnances, care setting or diagnosis. Training Ensure all those interacting with older people are provided with training and resources to support them to engage in honest conversations that enable older people to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing.
This report outlines what older people, and their families, need and want at this most critical time: • People need support from healthcare professionals to navigate the important conversations that happen when an older person is nearing end of life. • Older people must be kept informed and involved in their care and families want to know what to expect as end of life approaches. • For every death, up to 10 people are impacted, adults and children. End-of-life care must also consider and include the impact on those who are left to grieve . The Alliance will use these Ёndings to advocate for improvements in the delivery of end-of-life and bereavement care informed by these experiences.
The Alliance of Age Sector NGO’s represents the collective thinking of eight signiЁcant NGOs working in the age sector. Together, we collaborate to seek action on speciЁc issues that make older people’s lives unnecessarily difЁcult. We work together to ensure Ireland becomes a better place in which to grow older.
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The work of the Alliance of Age Sector NGOs is made possible thanks to funding provided by Community Foundation Ireland.
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