Raeside Chisholm Solicitors Blog

Recent research from the think-tank Demos, supported by Sue Ryder, has revealed unacceptable inequalities in end of life care.


The single biggest difference is whether someone is dying from cancer – with this group receiving earlier and better diagnosis, better follow up support and dedicated help to ensure their wishes were carried out. Despite accounting for only 27% of all deaths, cancer sufferers make up around 90% of users of hospice care.   


The report, entitled Ways and Means, highlights several other significant inequalities in end of life care including:

Caring for our older people at home will be vital to ease the pressure on Scotland’s health and social care services, Health Secretary Alex Neil has claimed.

Just under a third of Britain’s adults (31%) do not know how they will finance their needs in later life, including such eventualities as long-term illness, nursing home or care fees and care of others including partners, parents and siblings, according to NS&I’s latest Quarterly Savings Survey.

Almost 1.3 million older people are devoting their retirement to caring for ill partners or their own ageing parents.

A recent study from America has looked at the different approaches mothers and fathers take when discussing financial topics with their adult children.