End of life care
Dementia is a life-limiting condition and life expectancy for someone living with dementia is normally lower.
If you are living with dementia, you will need to make choices about your future care, especially when you near your end of life.
This should have already been discussed and agreed as part of your advanced care plan.
Alzheimer’s Society offers advice on making decisions about end of life care.
Find out more bout end of life care decisions
End of life personal health budgets
End of life personal health budgets give you the opportunity to have a more personalised care experience in the final weeks and months of your life, by:
- giving you more say in the care you receive
- helping to make sure it meets your individual needs and preferences
Birmingham and Solihull NHS and Birmingham Hospice provide more information about end of life personal health budgets.
Find out more from Birmingham and Solihull NHS
Find out more from Birmingham Hospice
Continuing healthcare (CHC) fast-track funding
If you have a rapidly deteriorating condition or are entering the final weeks of life, you may require ‘fast-tracking’ for immediate support from NHS continuing healthcare.
This care is funded and arranged by the NHS.
Find out more about CHC adult fast-track
Page last updated: 6 February 2024
