Charter of Rights for People with Dementia and their Carers
12th November, 2009 alzheimer Posted in News | No Comments »
Dementia Rights – Charter of Rights for People with Dementia and their Carers in Scotland
The Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Alzheimer’s disease has launched a charter of ‘dementia rights’.
Charter of Rights for people with Dementia and their Carers in Scotland – Read the Charter and be inspiredSupport the Charter – Register your support – help raise awareness and the campaign for Dementia rights
The Charter is needed for a number of important reasons, including:
- the nature of the illness means that people with dementia have great difficulty in protecting their own rights;
- there is still much stigma and discrimination against people with the illness;
- people with dementia don’t have equal access to high quality dementia care services;
- support for those who care for people with dementia is often overlooked, so that their health suffers with the stress of caring.
We hope that the Charter will empower people with dementia, those who care for them and the professionals who work to help them. You can read the Charter and register your support at www.dementiarights.org.
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